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Foreign Cinema invites wine enthusiasts to welcome Claypool Cellars and Les Claypool, the lead vocalist and bassist for the band Primus, for a special dinner taking place on Thursday, August 23. Guests may enjoy an exceptional 5-course tasting menu prepared by Chef/Owners Gayle Pirie and John Clark. The event will take place in Foreign Cinema's Modernism West, a gallery in partnership with art dealer Martin Muller. A screening of Dr. Strangelove, Les Claypool's favorite movie, will be shown.
Menu:
Passed appetizers
Pink Platypus Pinot Noir Rose, Russian River Valley 2009
First Course Served Family-style
Mozzarella di Burrata
Oaxacan-style Squid
Summer Chicory Salad
Duck Mousse Bruschetta and Nectarines
Purple Pachyderm Pinot Noir, Russian River Valley 2009
Main Course Selection
Santa Barbara Sea Bass served with Brandywine tomatoes,
fresh curry leaf, and cumin basmati
or
Tea Smoked Five-Spice Duck Breast with cannellini, golden plum chutney,
mache, and five spice cracklings
or
Grains & Greens: quinoa, haricot vert, little fingerlings, Tabil cauliflower,
baby carrots, raita, and harissa
Purple Pachyderm Pinot Noir, 'Hurst Vineyard' Russian River Valley 2009
Hand Selected Cheese
Rourme d'Ambert, Walnut Bread, and Fennel
Dessert
Mexican Chocolate Petite Cake
Fanci Rbonc-Stylc Blend, Lake County 2009
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