Black Forest Wine Dinner
Grab your passports!
On Friday, November 6th, join us at the Whittemore House for a four-course wine dinner featuring Southeastern German cuisine.
The cost to attend is $85 per person. We will be accepting a limited number of reservations, so please make yours soon.
Menu
passed appetizers
Mini Frikadellen on Skewer, Düsseldorf Mustard
Smoked Trout Salad, Radish, Toast
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first course
Bauernvesper
Shaved Black Forest ham, pickled Ozark mushrooms, cipollini onion, quark, whole-grain bread
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second course
Maultaschen
Swabian meat and spinach dumpling, herbed broth
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third course
Zwiebelrostbraten
Beef short rib, beer-onion demi, fried onions, pickled shallot
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fourth course
Deconstructed Black Forest Cake
Chocolate sour cream cake with kirsch, chocolate pot de crème, black cherry compote, whipped cream
Date: Friday, November 6th
Time: Appetizers and cocktails at 6:30pm (cash bar), dinner at 7pm
Cost: $85 per person ($70 w/o alcohol), cocktails available for purchase
Service charge: 20%
Reservation deadline: Friday, October 30th, 3pm
Reservation Cancellation Policy Notice:
Notice of cancellation is required 5 days in advance or charges will be assessed to your account for the event.
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