CMO Dinner

My friend and west coast supperclub counterpart have long talked about a supperclub collaboration. Until last week the closest we’ve come were a few test dinners and email exchanges over potential menu items. That all changed last Thursday night in a secret kitchen in North Beach San Francisco.

In another cross over between my food world and marketing world Ben and I served a twelve course meal for a table of sixteen marketing executives from some of the greatest companies in the world. To share the food-marketing story love I decided to post the full story over on the Manifold blog this time. Take a look.

Forking Tasty Magazine: Issue 1

Most of you know my day job keeps me tied pretty tight to the latest digital wizbang. One trend that has fascinated me for some time is the digital magazine. With apps like Aol Editions and Flipboard making our internet consumption prettier and simpler I decided to try out a few digital ‘zine products for our first ever Forking Tasty Magazine Issue. Technically it’s a REEL TASTY recap issue but, if you like it, we’ll make the next issue more FT Universal.

Go ahead try it. Click the center of the image where it says “expand”.

What you’ll see is the Issuu version of the magazine. We also produced a MagCloud version. MagCloud is HP’s digital, but printable, magazine division. The advantage of MagCloud is a digital and printed version of each issue is available. If you’d like to touch the Forking Tasty Mag you can order one up and have it shipped right to your door.

RECAP-REEL TASTY: The Three Amigos

photo credit: Kun Kim

Ariba! Ole! and Amigos!

The season 3 finally of REEL TASTY went off better than we could have ever expected. Again we bit off a little more than we could chew. In the end the Mexican fiesta, with our favorite three amigos, was a pinata smash hit.  Although we didn’t have an actual pinata we did have everything else very well represented form pork to beans to tequila.

For those who are unfamiliar with our dinners, Reel Tasty is Forking Tasty’s summer supper club where Aimee, my co-chef/host, and I screen a movie on a 2 story building while our guests sample some of our latest and tastiest gourmet creations. As many of you who follow know, we had a few run in’s with the weather this season. For our final dinner on the deck, mother nature gave us…

Dinner for 88 VIP’s

The past two weeks I’ve been a bit busy to say the least. Those of you eagerly awaiting the REEL TASTY season finally recap, I promise it will be up next week. The delay is not without good excuse. Another example of how my Manifold world overlaps with my food world, I was called out to Vegas by LinkedIn to orchestrate 10 super high end experiences with a gastronomic twist for their top VIP clients. These days Las Vegas is a new Mecca for amazing dining experiences. It’s not just the TV chefs that have restaurants popping up either. International chef’s like Pierre Gagnaire and Joel Robuchon have built beautiful restaurants tucked into some discrete corners of the biggest casinos on the strip.

To create these incredible, unique and delicious dinners we…

TABLE FULL-REEL TASTY: The Three Amigos

Saturday, October 8th at 6:30pm. This is as close to a western as we may ever get. Here’s the skinny on the fat.

Starts: 6:30pm (cocktails and appetizers)
Ends: 11pm (really, when the film is over)
Donation: $60 (make a reservation below)
Movie: The Three Amigos

Let’s ride! A song filled, dance inducing, joke a minute, slapstick comedy, anchored by three amazing comedians has us counting the minutes until the 24th. Join us to fight the Evil El Guapo and eat some tasty, cheesy, crispy, spicy, hearty, hot, sweet, salty, luscious, peppery, juicy food. I suppose we could have just said delicious but then again, we are not writing a telegram. Bring your little buttercup and stay a while, while. Ok, we promise to try and tone down the movie quotes once we finish writing this.

Menu

We are putting together a plethora of delicious Mexican specialties. Yes, you read correctly. A plethora. We are playing with all sorts of variations on roast pork and stewed chicken. Beans are already on their way from an amazing heirloom distributor out west. The rest will fall into place in the coming weeks after our test kitchens pushes out a few possibilities. Of course we couldn’t show this movie without Tequila. You know Tequila? Uhhh…It’s like beer.

TABLE FULL-Reservations

Reservations are required. Space is limited to 20 people. In the note section let us know if there are any food restrictions anyone in your party has. Location and directions will be sent to guests one day before the event.

More on Reel Tasty:

Jason and Aimee pair a 5 course gourmet meal for 20 friends, some new and some old on a HUGE deck in Brooklyn. As the name implies, we will be screening a movie during the meal. Don’t worry, there will still be plenty of time pre-entree to mingle, catchup and meet some new friends. Once the sun goes down we will role the film in all its two story high glory. This is an experiment, so we are not sure how much silence or chatting will go on. That’s for you to decide. We hope you will come out and enjoy yourselves with us this summer. See you on the deck.

You can check out pics from our last dinner here.

If you can’t make this dinner but want us to send you an invite to the next one, jump on the list.

RECAP-REEL TASTY: Escape from New York

photo credit: Kun Kim

The great escape finally happened.

When hurricane Irene blew in we didn’t know if this dinner would ever happen and we never thought a “true” escape from New York would be necessary. Luckily we got it back on the calendar ironically a day before perhaps the most somber escape from New York ever. On September 10, we filled a table of 20 to celebrate NY, it’s food and the sci-fi, 80′s cult classic Escape from New York.

For those who are unfamiliar with our dinners, Reel Tasty is…

POSTPONED-REEL TASTY: Escape from New York

When we decided to show Escape from New York we didn’t think we’d have to take it literally.

We have rescheduled this dinner for September. By then Irene will have said her goodbye’s. We’ll let you all know if any seats open up due to this change. In the meantime, stay dry and safe.

Starts: 7:00pm (cocktails and appetizers)
Ends: 11pm (really, when the film is over)
Donation: $60 (make a reservation below)
Movie: Escape from New York

It’s been hot in NYC. Hot like a prison. New Yorkers have started to act out. The heat is getting to them. It’s almost as if Manhattan island has become a maximum security prison walled off from civilization and they have left us all for dead. Ok, that’s a bit much. It’s not that hot. But, Brooklyn is typically a few degrees cooler so consider visiting us on the 27th.

Menu

This movie is begging us to design a New York themed menu and we intend fulfill. We have run down the classics; pizza, hot dogs, roasted nuts, cheesecake…the list is long. While we are pairing it down and twisting up some quintessential New York classics, gather your friends and grab a seat. We will update you once we get a few ideas through the test kitchen. Until then try and  stay cool.

TABLE FULL-Reservations

Reservations are required. Space is limited to 20 people. In the note section let us know if there are any food restrictions anyone in your party has. Location and directions will be sent to guests one day before the event.

More on Reel Tasty:

Jason and Aimee pair a 5 course gourmet meal for 20 friends, some new and some old on a HUGE deck in Brooklyn. As the name implies, we will be screening a movie during the meal. Don’t worry, there will still be plenty of time pre-entree to mingle, catchup and meet some new friends. Once the sun goes down we will role the film in all its two story high glory. This is an experiment, so we are not sure how much silence or chatting will go on. That’s for you to decide. We hope you will come out and enjoy yourselves with us this summer. See you on the deck.

You can check out pics from our last dinner here.

If you can’t make this dinner but want us to send you an invite to the next one, jump on the list.

RECAP-REEL TASTY: Cleopatra Jones

photo credit: Kun Kim

We’ve been waiting to execute this dinner for a long time.

Almost as long as you’ve been waiting for this recap. Apologies, it’s been crazy busy. The genre itself has some really fun flicks but we played deep into it not only with the food but right down to the menu design. Details people. Details.

For those who are unfamiliar with our dinners, Reel Tasty is…

TABLE FULL-REEL TASTY: Cleopatra Jones

Saturday, July 16th at 7:30pm
Blaxploitation never tasted so good! Here’s the skinny on the fat.

Starts: 7:30pm (cocktails and appetizers)
Ends: 11pm (really, when the film is over)
Donation: $60 (make a reservation below)
Movie: Cleopatra Jones

We have wanted to hit this genre for a while. We struggled a lot with choosing a film that would keep things light but not cliche the genre. Shaft, although fantastic, has been remade and is almost too overexposed to properly re-examine the Blaxploitation era. Others, like “Cornbread, Earl and Me” dive deeper into social issues. Although that’s a strong message for the genre as a whole, we still wanted to keep you entertained while not making that left brain wrestle too hard with the ideas the film forces us to examine. So where did we go? A 6ft tall, ex-model, international female spy who can kick ass, drive like a pro and fire a gun better than Rambo. Cleopatra Jones of course.

Menu

This is where it gets really fun for us. Think of the quintessential soulfood dish and we will probably represent it somehow. Right now we are playing with Kale, pork, cobblers the list goes on. As usual we will present our take on these sinfully delicious classics. This dinner might not be the best for vegetarians as Aimee and I tend to love our pork fat. All that said, we are definitely not trying to compete with anyone’s grandma’s soulfood skills. We wouldn”t even try. To that end we have brought in a secret consultant to keep us focused on what’s important and what’s now.

TABLE FULL-Reservations

Reservations are required. Space is limited to 20 people. In the note section let us know if there are any food restrictions anyone in your party has. Location and directions will be sent to guests one day before the event.

More on Reel Tasty:

Jason and Aimee pair a 5 course gourmet meal for 20 friends, some new and some old on a HUGE deck in Brooklyn. As the name implies, we will be screening a movie during the meal. Don’t worry, there will still be plenty of time pre-entree to mingle, catchup and meet some new friends. Once the sun goes down we will role the film in all its two story high glory. This is an experiment, so we are not sure how much silence or chatting will go on. That’s for you to decide. We hope you will come out and enjoy yourselves with us this summer. See you on the deck.

You can check out pics from our last dinner here.

If you can’t make this dinner but want us to send you an invite to the next one, jump on the list.

RECAP-REEL TASTY: Caddyshack

photo credit: Kun Kim

Our season opener was a hole-in-one but not without it’s series of sandtraps. The boys from Caddyshack graced the screen while Aimee and I did our best to whip up our fanciest country club fare amidst the formidable obstacles namely, mother nature.

For those who are unfamiliar with our dinners, Reel Tasty is Forking Tasty’s summer supper club where Aimee, my co-chef/host, and I screen a movie on a 2 story building while our guests sample some of our latest and tastiest gourmet dishes. This evening we decided to start the evening off with a sort of drunken Arnold Palmer. A little vodka, some Fresca and a few secret ingredients left us with an ice cold pitcher of fizzy, spiked, lemonade-iced tea-ish beverage that went faster than the Caddyshack gopher disappears down his hole. As prepping began inside, those sandtraps I mentioned earlier kept us guessing. The grey clouds overhead let on a sprinkle, then stopped, toying with our emotions as we…