Here’s a taste of what’s on tap today at the Beard House.
Virginia Heritage Eats, 7:00 P.M.
Cathal Armstrong, Restaurant Eve, Alexandria, VA / Ian Boden, The Shack, Staunton, VA / Aaron Deal, The River and Rail, Roanoke, VA / Rodney Einhorn, Terrapin, Virginia Beach, VA / Travis Milton, Shovel and Pick (opening soon), Bristol, VA / Todd Thrasher, PX, Alexandria, VA
Virginia is for lovers—of phenomenal food and wine, that is. This top-notch team of toques, each representing a different corner of the state, will guide guests on a culinary tour of Old Dominion’s diverse and delicious offerings, from farm to distillery and beyond, such as Blue Catfish Tempura with Virginia Ham Mayonnaise; Pon Haus Biscuits with Pickled Peaches; and Rabbit Sausage with Preserved Morels, Ramps, and Pickled Tomatoes.
See the full menu below:
Hors d’Oeuvre
Coastal > Pleasure House Oysters with Pickled Apples and Sea Lettuce Dashi
Capital Region > Blue Catfish Tempura with Virginia Ham Mayonnaise
Shenandoah > Pon Haus Biscuits with Pickled Peaches
Appalachia > Weathertop Farm Duck Morcilla Sausage with Pickled Greens and Chowchow
Southwest > Dry-Roasted Beets and North Georgia Candy Roaster Squash with Mt. Crawford Creamery Buttermilk, Sourwood Honey, Pickled Strawberries, Sumac, Sorrel, and J.Q. Dickinson Salt-Works Smoked Salt
Down With the Shine the Perfect Shine > Fall Spice–Infused Belle Isle Craft Spirits Moonshine with Housemade Apple Bitters and Foggy Ridge Serious Cider
Dinner
Bread Service > Indian Cornmeal Hoecakes with Fermented Ramp Butter; and Smoked Pork Schmaltz Hickory King Cornbread
Coastal > Fried Green Tomato with Blue Crab Salad, Mattawoman Creek Farms Sweet Corn Chowchow, and Buttermilk Dressing
Chatham Vineyards Church Creek Chardonnay Steel 2015
Capital Region > Roasted Chesapeake Bay Rockfish with Mount Vernon Gristmill Creamed Grits, Sweet Onions, and Pickled Green Bean Relish
Michael Shaps Honah Lee Vineyard Petit Manseng 2014
Southwest > Greasy Bean Leather Britches with Toasted Appalachian Blue Barley, Smoked Marble Potatoes, Sour Hickory Cane Corn, Mortgage Lifter Tomato Butter, and Potlikker
Foggy Ridge First Fruit Cider
Shenandoah > Rabbit Sausage with Preserved Morels, Ramps, and Pickled Tomatoes
Ox-Eye Vineyards Scale House Reserve Riesling 2014
Appalachia > Border Springs Farm Lamb with Coal-Roasted Eggplant, Smoked Beetroot, and Tomatoes
Catoctin Creek Winery Meritage 2012
Brown Butter Crumb Cake with Black Walnut Streusel, Virginia Apples, and Burnt Caramel Ice Cream
Foggy Ridge Pippin Black Port Cider
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