What: American Caviar Tasting and Brunch

When: Sunday, April 23, 2006

Time: 11:30 am

Where: Allegheny Country Club
Sewickley Heights

Chef: John King

Hosts: SFP and ACC members Jim and Carol Chaplin

Dress: JACKETS FOR THE MEN, ties optional

Parking: Valet, or not

Cost: Members: $70, Non-members: $80

Reservations: Email Marlene Parrish - marleneparrish@earthlink.net
IN THE SUBJECT LINE, SAY: SFP Caviar RSVP
We need your reservation by Friday, April 14
Maximum: 40 persons

Payment: Reserve, then write a check made out to Slow Food Pittsburgh. Include your phone number and names of everyone in your party, indicating who is a member. Send your check to Marlene Parrish, 610 Olympia Rd., Pittsburgh, PA 15211-1312 Your check is your reservation.

NOTE: You will receive a call-back only if the event is sold out and you have been put on a waiting list. In the unlikely event that someone should not make it from the wait-list to the reservations list, Slow Food will issue a prompt refund. If you must cancel, 48 hours is requested. Marlene's phone: 412-481-1620


THE MENU:

Passed Appetizers from 11:30 a.m.
Trout Mousse Canapes with Trout Caviar
Mushroom Tea Sandwiches

The Caviar Tasting
Absolute Vodka Shooters
Sunburst Trout, Farmed, North Carolina
Pink Salmon, Wild, Alaska
Golden Whitefish, Wild, Upper Great Lakes, Montana
Sturgeon, Wild, Missouri, Mississippi
Kentucky Spoonfish, Wild, Louisville, Kentucky
Granoff Malossol, a faux-caviar

Blinis and Creme Fraiche

Brunch
Domaine St. Michele Brut

1st Course
Poached Egg on Toasted English Muffin, Smoked Trout, and Hollandaise Sauce

Intermezzo
Lemon Sorbet

2ndCourse
Roasted Quail Stuffed with Apples, Grits, and Swiss Chard

Dessert
Allegheny Country Club Cookie Plate, Coffee and Tea


DIRECTIONS:

FROM DOWNTOWN PITTSBURGH:
Take Rt. 65 North approximately 12 miles to the light at the Sewickley Bridge. Turn right onto Broad Street. At the second light turn left onto Beaver Street. Go 2 blocks and turn right onto Blackburn Avenue at PNC Bank. Go past the YMCA on your left and go up the hill about a mile (watch speed limit) and turn left onto Country Club Lane. At stop sign you will see the Club gates in front of you.

From I-79 North or I-79 South
Take I-79 North to Mt. Nebo exit and make a left onto Blackburn Road. Take I-79 South to Mt. Nebo exit and make a right onto Blackburn Road.

FROM BLACKURN ROAD - WATCH SPEED LIMIT! This is patrolled.
Continue 2.5 miles to a stop sign and a T in the road. Turn left. Almost immediately there is another Stop sign at a Y in the road. Turn right (This is still Blackburn Road). Continue 1 mile and as you start down a hill make a right on Country Club Lane. Continue to stop sign. Club entrance is directly ahead.

Allegheny Country Club
Tel: 412-741- 7500