Om chef Rachel Klein heads back to the Big Apple for a guest appearance at the James Beard House on Tuesday, August 8th. Klein starts the evening off with hors d’oeuvres like foie gras torchon with sweet-and-sour peaches, micro-arugula and macadamia crisp and truffled scallop nigiri with speck and wasabi peas. Some highlights from her menu for the evening: softshell crab with creamed corn, fingerling potatoes, garlic chives, pea shoots and Korean chili vinaigrette; heirloom tomato with grilled manouri cheese, basil seed gelée, and smoked tomato sorbet; Colorado loin of lamb with baby artichokes, picholine olive jam, garlic confit, black olive paint, parmigiano-reggiano cravero riserva, sorrel and coriander emulsion. Dinner starts at 7:00pm and costs $90 for Beard members or $120 for guests. Call 212.627.2308 to reserve your table. Of course, if you don’t feel like traveling to New York, you can always just hop on over to Cambridge to enjoy Klein’s cooking in her own kitchen. Call Om directly at 617.576.2800.
