Seated amongst diners at each table will be featured Bay Area luminaries, including Adam Savage of Mythbusters, fiction writer Ayelet Waldman, and science writer Mary Roach, among others. This is an event that will undoubtedly feed your intellectual appetite.
salon (gathering) n.: A salon is a gathering of people, held partly to amuse one another and partly to refine taste and increase their knowledge of the participants through conversation. Salons were commonly associated with French literary and philosophical movements of the 17th century and 18th centuries. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
SonicSF and graffEats present
Salon Bleue
A Feast and Conversation the Way It Used To Be.
San Francisco, CA - It’s a foggy Thursday night but you are inside among friends. An elegant feast spreads before you under the soft glow of candlelight. Passersby on the street have no idea this exclusive gathering is underway.
Salon Bleue is inspired by the renowned literary salon Chambre Bleue, hosted continually by Catherine de Vivonne in 17th century Paris. Her salons were attended by small groups of avant-garde thinkers who gathered to exchange ideas about literature, music, art and culture. This intimate, covert dinner party will be held in her honor, bringing together Bay Area locals for an evening of relaxation and enjoyment. Seated amongst diners at each table will be featured Bay Area luminaries, including Adam Savage of Mythbusters, fiction writer Ayelet Waldman, and science writer Mary Roach, among others. This is an event that will undoubtedly feed your intellectual appetite.
Featured Guests
Musician Sean Hayes, photographer Chris McCaw, illustrator and Pixar animator Sanjay Patel, writer Mary Roach, Mythbuster Adam Savage, and writer Ayelet Waldman among others. More about your dinner companions here.
Details
On December 1st, at 6:30pm, the dinner will be held at a secret location in San Francisco near City Hall, to be revealed to ticket holders closer to the date. Tickets are $125 (corkage fee included) and can be purchased here.
Menu
The bill of fare will include a four course feast inspired by “Le Grand Cuisine,” of 17th Century Paris, and overflowing wine and beer donated by Francis Ford Coppola Winery & The Thirsty Bear.
Sample Menu From One of the Four Courses
Plat principal (the feasty part):
Truffle Laced Quail au Beurre Noisette,
Fennel Gratin smothered in Greyure,
Duck fat glazed Baby Carrots with Chervil,
Sole poached with wild mushrooms and chard.
About
SonicSF is a non-profit, innovative public radio program produced by award winning NPR veteran Stacy Bond. SonicSF takes its narrative tendencies from pop-culture and its editorial standards from NPR, to create an addictively entertaining “reality news” series unlike anything currently on the air. Second casting begins in January, and the show will be launching in the spring of 2012.
graffEats is a word of mouth, upscale dining event; hosting artists, artisan producers, wine and beer makers, live musicians and complete strangers under the common bond of delicious food coming straight. Run by chef Blair Warsham, who has cooked for some the best chefs in the US and Europe, including 11 Madison Park’s Daniel Humm, graffEat's intention is to create little, fleeting, amazing moments and a bit of a culinary roller coaster.