A Tapestry of Local, Organic Ingredients:
Feng-Shui Cuisine with Chef Scott Wagner

Chef Scott Wagner

Thursday, November 13, 2008
4:00 p.m. – 5:30 p.m.
San Diego Wine & Culinary Center    Get directions > >
$55 per ticket
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His menus are designed around the seasons and inspired by fresh herbs, fruits and organic vegetables grown in the fertile coastal soils of north county San Diego.  His infectious enthusiasm for the finest products inspire even the most casual of home chefs to cook with organic ingredients and learn everything they can about creating optimal organic flavors.  As Executive Chef for the award-winning all-organic catering company, ChileCo, Chef Scott Wagner will take you, and your taste-buds, on a true culinary adventure.  Noted for a Caribbean flare, and incorporating the passionate attributes of foods from the countries founded upon the tropic of cancer, Chef Scotty's culinary philosophy is centered upon the chile (heat, passion, North African, Orient, Caribbean, Hispanic, Pacific) as the fifth element to the palate – following acidic, sweet, salty, and bitter. Each dish is artistically crafted to meld the heat and passion with the chi – the vital force believed to be inherent in all things. This combination defines a sublime taste adventure – one to be savored and remembered.

In this class you will taste from and learn to make the following dishes: 

• “Hot-n-Cold Splash” Chipotle braised Estancia Grass-fed Beef with Smoked Corn, Avocado Gelato, Micro Cilantro
• “Dim-Spin” Spiny Lobster Tempura with Candied Kumquat-Saffron Marmalade & Jiang-Kiang Sauce
• “Banana Leaf” wrapped Line-caught Halibut with Thai Basil-Coconut Marinade, Crushed Lemongrass Risotto,
• “Autumn Roll” Vietnamese wrap of Smoked Pheasant, Fennel, Almond, Balsamic braised Fig, Plum-Pasilla Coulis
• Are U Game?” Dagoba Cacoa-Coffee rubbed Lollipop Lambchop with Stone Smoked Porter Reduction
• “Hucklebread” Caramelized Quince-Huckleberry Bread Pudding with Canela Chantilly Crème 

Wine will also be provided during this class.

 

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