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April 22: Plating the Planet
April 22, 2015 @ 6:00 pm - 10:00 pm
$300Come to dinner for a memorable meeting of minds: scientists and poets, chefs and diners,
in support of the biodiversity work of?The Crop Trust and Slow Food USA.
Meet three global leaders:
Jan Eliasson, Deputy Secretary General of the United Nations
Marie Haga, Executive Director of the Global Crop Trust
Carlo Petrini, Founder and President, Slow Food
Eat…
From a global menu prepared by a star-studded team of chefs: Evan Mallett of Black Trumptet Bistro in New Hampshire, Hugo Orozco of La Slowteria in Brooklyn, Paul Wetzel of Gramercy Tavern in Manhattan,?and Monia Solighetto and Alessandro?Trezza?of L’Albero dei Gelati in Brooklyn.
Drink…
Artisinal cocktails prepared by Allen Katz of the New York Distilling Company, Brooklyn.
Celebrate…
Two very different organizations that both defend biodiversity in an increasingly fragile biosphere.