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An Heirloom Tomato Dinner will take place at Cantinetta Luca on Monday, September 8. Beginning with a tomato reception at 6:30 pm, followed by dinner at 7 p.m. the cost is $105 per person, inclusive of wine, tax, gratuity. For more information or to make reservations telephone 831-626-7880. Advance reservations are requested. Guests are invited to join in tasting this tomato renaissance, where diner’s can once again experience the range of unique flavors, colors and textures heirloom tomatoes bring to a meal. Join Jason Balestrieri, Executive Chef of Cantinetta Luca; Christophe Grosjean, Executive Chef Aubergine at L’Auberge Carmel; Jesse Kloskey, Chef de Cuisine. Bouchée Bistro; and Ron Mendoza Executive Pastry Chef Mirabel Hotel & Restaurant Group, as they cook up a tomato mania menu where every dish, including dessert, features this versatile and delicious fruit. Wine pairings have been specially selected by Thomas Perez, Wine Director, Mirabel Hotel & Restaurant Group, Carmel. Before the mid-1940s, the tomato was primarily a backyard garden vegetable with individual growers striving to cultivate the most delicious, varied and sometimes most unusual strain of the plant. But after mass commercialization of the market, only the most shippable, storable (and sadly, tasteless) varieties were available in supermarkets and restaurants. Fortunately, a few dedicated growers saved the day, cultivating older varieties and preserving the seeds, many of which could be traced back decades - even hundreds of years. Today, heirloom tomatoes are ubiquitous at farmers’ markets and are again found in the backyard gardens where they were first developed. For this special dinner, our tomatoes will come from Dick and Bonnie Swank at Swank Farms, in nearby Hollister. Heirloom Tomato Dinner Menu
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