Good food, good cause in Woodstock

Ric Orlando tells me there's going to be a fabulous chefs dinner on Tuesday (May 6) at his restaurant, New World Home Cooking, that will be a "100% Benefit" for the Woodstock Playhouse. It takes place from 6-10 p.m. and tickets are $100 (and tax deductible.) New World Home Cooking Company is on Route 212 between Woodstock & Saugerties.

There are more details posted by the organizers Woodstock Arts Board at the Woodstock Playhouse Web site.


Here is a peek at the menu:

Catskill Mountain Pizza
cocktail hors d’oeuvre

New World Home Cooking
crudite, dips & more yummy hors d’oeuvre

Joshua's Restaurant
cream of fiddlehead fern-lemon soup served w/ spring vegetable,
local herbed goat cheese salad in a rice paper wrap

Oriole 9
braised hake with crushed oats and wild spring herbs served with radish & cucumber sauce

New World Home Cooking
short ribs of beef with spring mushrooms and a red wine sauce accented
with Dutch chocolate

Lori's Creative Café
old fashioned strawberry rhubarb shortcake with mascarpone cream.

Oliver Kita Confections
individually boxed chocolate gifts

There will be wine on all the tables and a cash bar. Each restaurant is donating a portion of the evening's costs.

There's more on the agenda -- the event will also have musical entertainment with the cabaret styles of Joan Roberts and Wendy Nief and many fabulous auction items.

Good food -- good cause!