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Displayed Hors D’Oeuvres
International Cheese Display to include:
“India Inspired” Bombay; Chocolate Chevre Logs
Marinated Mozzarella with Cacao Nibs/Shallots/Olive Oil/Pepper Chips and Orange Zest; Manchego; Morbier
Accompanied by an Assortment of Chocolate Squares,
Small Fruits, Crackers and Crisps
Vegetable Display and Crudités
Steamed Baby Veggies Display and Assorted Seasonal Vegetables
Artfully Arranged with
Saffron Shallot Aioli and Lemon Sesame Dip
Hummus with Herbed Pita Crisps
Country Olives
Spicy Cacao Nib and Nut Crunch
Passed Hors D’Oeuvres
Little Cups of Vegan African Peanut Soup with a Dark Chocolate Swirl
and Cumin-Scented Tofu Crème Fraiche
Chocolate Glazed Pork Tenderloin on a Sweet Potato Corn Cake
Spinach, Chili, Vegan “Nacho Cheese” and Chocolate Quesadilla with Tomatillo Salsa
Black Pepper and Cumin Seed Pancake with Eggplant and Chocolate Caponata
Lomi – Lomi (Marinated Salmon, Cucumber, Tomato, Red/Green Onion) in Endive Leaf
Dinner
African Pumpkin Stew (With Kabocha Pumpkins)
Chocolate and Beer Baked BBQ Chicken (breast strips, wings, legs, thighs)
Red Baron Apple and Beet Slaw with Fresh Grated Horseradish
Spicy Mole Baked Beans
Persian Couscous with Baby Spinach, Currants, Pistachios and Cacao Nibs
Salad
Assorted Bitter Greens (Radicchio, Arugula, Belgian Endive, Baby Spinach)
Roasted Cracked Hazelnuts
Shaved Dark Chocolate
Fresh Grated Parmesan
Shallot Balsamic Vinaigrette
Dessert
Caprotada – Mexican Bread Pudding
With Fruits, Cheeses, Dark Chocolate Chunks and Nuts!
Wheat free, Gluten free Chocolate Almond Torte Wedges
Vegan Chocolate Truffles
Beverages
Punch and Sparkling Water
Coffee and Tea provided by Coffee-Tea, Etc.
Wine to accompany the meal provided by Organic Vintages:
Frey Chardonnay
Borgo Faveri Pinot Grigio
Frey Syrah
Frey Biodynamic Red Zinfandel
HoneyRun Blackberry Honey wine
Music
A Celebrated Trio of area and internationally acclaimed musicians will perform a repertoire of the music of northern Mali and Niger, with elements of the blues, and tunes from such far flung zones as Zimbabwe and Madagascar.
 Abdoulaye Alhassane was guitarist and musical director for one of the most dazzling roots bands West Africa has produced, Mamar Kassey of Niger. Born in Niger to a Songhai family from Gao, Mali, Abdoulaye learned to play many instruments as a boy, both traditional and modern. With Mamar Kassey, he forged a unique vision of harmonizing tradition and modernity. Using Now based in New York, Abdoulaye has created his own group, the Sahara Band, versed in all the many styles he has admired and performed, from the acoustic guitar picking of Ali Farka Toure, to traditions from the Songhai, Fula, Hausa and other peoples, to his own diverse compositions.
Banning Eyre has played guitar professionally since the mid '70s, working in genres as diverse as jazz, flamenco, dance-rock and reggae. For the past fifteen years, he has specialized in guitar styles from Africa, playing in a series of Congolese soukous bands in Boston, with West African musicians such as Alhassane in New York, and with Timbila, a group that performs traditional music from Zimbabwe and Mozambique. Eyre has performed with The Super Rail Band of Bamako and Sali Sidibe in Mali, Wendo Kolosoy of the Congo, and with Thomas Mapfumo and The Blacks Unlimited in Zimbabwe. He plays on selected tracks from six Thomas Mapfumo albums, and on a track on Taj Mahal and Toumani Diabate’s Kulanjan (Hannibal 1999), which was voted Folk Roots “Album of the Year” in the UK.
Dirck Westervelt plays bass, banjo, keyboards and guitar in styles ranging from jazz and rock to zydeco, old time, and African music. He has joined Eyre on two African musical journeys, first to Mali where he explored the roots of the banjo, and then to Zimbabwe, where both musicians learned to play Shona roots pop music. Westervelt plays with Eyre in Timbila and with a number of West African musicians in New York, including Abdoulaye Alhassane.
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