Charity Auction Moth Ball Event:

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Myra and Stephen hosted a private cooking party for auction winner Violet Benny and 14 special guests, with beloved Moth hosts and storytellers Dan Kennedy and Tara Clancy, an all-evening-long party led by chef Myra Kornfeld, co-hosted by Stephen Massimilla.

•  A warm, celebratory event at Myra’s Kitchen, a wonderfully memorable evening of hands-on cooking, entertainment and dining.The event began with wine and appetizers.

  Groups cooked a festive meal from menus Myra designed. Guests relaxed, dined, drank, and Dan Kennedy, Tara Clancy, and guests shared stories. ​

• Violet and the storytellers received a copy of the award-winning Cooking with the Muse, which is much more than a cookbook. Myra is the co-author, with the poet and writer Stephen Massimilla–who also photographed and bantered–of the recent award-winning Cooking with the Muse: A Sumptuous Gathering or Seasonal Recipes, Culinary Poetry, and Literary Fare. 

Appetizers:

MEAT AND POTATO BITES

QUINOA-BLACK BEAN CAKES

Tomato-Corn Salsa

First Course:

“SALAD OF A THOUSAND LEAVES”

MARKET GREENS SHAVED AND ROASTED VEGETABLES

Lani’s Greens, Chioggi and Golden Beets, Purple Carrots, Roasted Breakfast Radishes and Baby Turnips

Main Course:

SPATCHCOCKED CRISPY CHICKEN

Violet Hills Farm Chicken

ROASTED CRANBERRY-GRAPE SALSA

Baked Tofu Triangles

SAVORY WILD RICE-SWEET POTATO WAFFLES WITH PECANS

GINGERY ROMANO BEANS

Gingery Miso Butter

Dessert:

INDIVIDUAL CHOCOLATE LAVA CAKES WITH DOUBLE VANILLA CASHEW-COCONUT ICE CREAM

Raspberry Coulis, Pecan Tuille

• Ingredients were of the highest quality, including Union Square Greenmarket produce and pasture-raised eggs, dairy, and animal protein. Everything from music to photography to storytelling was included. When everyone cooks at once, the entire meal and the occasion proves much more than the sum of the parts! Guests also received party favors and a recipe packet of the dishes that they’d cooked.