The Hawaii Culinary Education Foundation is sponsoring a visit from cookbook author and culinary historian Grace Young. LDEI Hawaii is supporting this HCEF education program.
LDEI Hawaii members have an exclusive early opportunity to register for an intimate talk-story dinner event with Grace at Fête restaurant in Chinatown. (Limited to 16 attendees.) Register by January 10 for early access; registration opens to the general public on January 10.
Event Details:
Tuesday, January 23, 6:30 p.m.
Fête (2 N. Hotel St., Honolulu), private library room (2nd floor)
Cost: $130 inclusive (dinner and wine, or zero-alcohol option)
Menu:
All courses, except for dessert, served family style
FIRST COURSE
Quinoa cakes with romesco & avocado
Trio of Fete spreads with grilled sourdough
SECOND COURSE
Fete Salad, shaved radish, carrot, fennel, pecorino & Parmigiano, Italian Vinaigrette
THIRD COURSE
Market Fish
Mushroom Parmigiano Risotto
Twice-Fried Ludovico Chicken, spicy tomato jam
Braised local collard greens
Grilled Carrots with sunchoke aioli & dill
DESSERT
Dorie Greenspan’s Chocolate Cake with Cafe du Monde ice cream
About Grace Young:
Grace Young is an award-winning cookbook author, culinary historian, and filmmaker. She is the 2022 recipient of the Julia Child Foundation’s Julia Child Award, the James Beard Foundation’s Humanitarian of the Year Award and is a USA Today 2023 Women of the Year honoree for her work to save America’s Chinatowns amid anti-Asian hate during the pandemic. She recently was named to Forbes‘s 50 over 50 list of impactful and influential women. Dubbed the “accidental voice for Chinatown” by Grub Street, Grace’s advocacy for Chinatown and AAPI mom and pop businesses has been profiled on CBS Mornings, All Things Considered, USA Today, PBS Newshour, Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, Smithsonian and Vogue. She has been a fierce advocate for Chinatown, never more so than in her video series Coronavirus: Chinatown Stories, produced in collaboration with videographer Dan Ahn and Poster House Museum. The series documents the toll of the pandemic on New York City’s Chinese community. See Grace’s impressive and extensive bio at www.graceyoung.com/about/