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Sunday Suppers at LUCCA
04.15.15
By popular demand, Lucca in Irvine is bringing back its family favorite Sunday Supper on Sunday, April 19 from 3 to 6 p.m. with a special 10-year anniversary dinner. Chef and co-owner Cathy Pavlos replicates her beloved family Sunday suppers she’s maintained since the 1950s. This dinner will feature a four-course menu with Lucca’s time-honored signature dishes, paired with wines hand-selected by her husband and restaurant co-owner Elliott Pavlos.
Chef Cathy will recreate one of her earliest culinary experiences with "A Sunday Supper That My Grandmother Would Have Loved."
The dinner starts at 3 p.m., and will be served family-style on the patio for $85 per person (plus tax and tip). The talk of the table will be a 50lb porcetta!
Prior to the Sunday Supper, Chef Cathy will lead a group through Irvine’s UCI Farmer’s Market on Saturday, April 18 to find the freshest, most flavorful ingredients to be used on during her dinner. Those interested in joining Chef Cathy at the market may email her directly at luccacafe@gmail.com.
LUCCA’s ‘Sagra della Porchetta’ Feast!
Antipasto starts with crispy calamari steaks with lemons, Lucca’s antipasto platters, salumi, artisan bread,
lots of garlic bread
with
Campo al Mare Vermentino 2011 Bolgari, Italy.
Pastas plates include rigatoni all’Amatriciana (with Lucca’s own housemade bacon),
studded with torched yellow tear drop tomatoes, freshly grated pecorino cheese, four cheese raviolis, nutmeg, sage brown butter, walnuts, smoked mozzarella
paired with Rubio San Polo Montalcino Sangiovese 2012 Tuscany, Italy.
Main is a Snake River Farms all natural 50 lb porchetta, roasted all day, charred fennel, rappini alla romana rosemary potatoes in porchetta pan drippings, and garden greens with the first of the season heirloom tomatoes, balsamic vinaigrette
paired with
Tenuta di Biserno Insoglio ‘Del Chingale Toscana.’
Dessert is tiramisu with cafe Lavazza.
Seating is limited. Guests must make reservations in advance by calling 949.725.1773.
Lucca is in the Quail Hill Village Center at 6507 Quail Hill Parkway in Irvine.
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CHOC Children’s Glass Slipper Guild A Night in the Bohemian Garden Gala
04.15.15
Join Children’s Hospital Orange County (CHOC Children’s) Glass Slipper Guild, for an enchanting evening in honor of the Guild’s 21st with a Night in the Bohemian Garden on Saturday May 2nd at the Newport Dunes in Newport Beach.
The Glass Slipper Guild’s sensational and inspiring event is a characteristic of the young, fun and philanthropic women in their guild. Proceeds from the gala expects to complete the goal of funding a $1,000,000 pledge for the new 6,400 square-foot Post Anesthesia Care Unit for the Surgery Department of the new Bill Holmes CHOC Children’s Tower.
Overloooking the sunset on the Back Bay, the formal event starts at 5 p.m. with a red carpet entrance to a spectacular lounge housed inside the same tent used at the Golden Globes. The massive 12,000 square foot tent is the largest used in Orange County for such an event.
Guests will enjoy specialty cocktails and hors d'oeuvres as they peruse an exciting silent auction. At 7 p.m. guests will make their way further into the stunningly decorated tent for dinner, a live auction and a special presentation. Following the dinner presentation and live auction, at 10 p.m. gala attendees will head to the adjacent Back Bay Bistro for an after party featuring a casino and music to celebrate the night.
The celebration will continue at an after party at the adjacent Back Bay Bistro featuring a casino and music.
For tickets and more information, visit here, or email glassslipperwam@gmail.com
Newport Dunes is at 1131 Back Bay Drive in Newport Beach.
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