For our July Oyster Social we are so delighted to welcome Chef Risa Lichtman of Le Page Food & Drinks to the Tournant kitchen!
Risa has been cooking in restaurants throughout Portland, San Francisco & New York for a decade, including Pizzeria Delfina, Blue Hill Stone Barns, Sweedeedee & Handsome Pizza. Her biggest efforts center on gathering community around food through pop-ups, fundraisers, and community-building dinners.
She started hosting pop-ups out of her home in 2011, treating diners to seasonal, multi-course dinners called Sunday Supperings. She is passionate about using ingredient-driven food as a means of building community, a positive food culture, and sustainable food practices by dining together with intention.
Fresh back from an inspiring trip through Italy and Greece, Risa will be providing a menu of rustic, Mediterranean-inspired food with a PNW heart, featuring produce from small, local farmers. Her food has been described as elevated comfort food, perfect for sharing with friends. See below for a sneak peek of her menu!
In addition to Risa's dishes, we'll be popping a selection of the freshest NW oysters, ice cold beers, crisp wines and refreshing cocktails.
Join us! No reservations necessary, just drop by for a la carte selections and restaurant-style seating. Hope to see you at the table, friends.
LE PAGE MENU
(subject to change based on availability)
A Perfect Beginning
An oyster shot paired with a shot of: beet-kvass, gin, pine-syrup, lemon
SNACKS
Farm pickles
Cultured flower butter with radishes & flake salt
SMALLER
Rainbow little gems, cukes, creamy white anchovy-herb dressing, challah breadcrumbs
Seared fennel, little lettuces, purple scallions, blackberries, fried capers
Cast iron summer squash tart, herbed ricotta, smoked cacciocavallo
LARGER
Poached tuna, Purple Viking potatoes, nasturtium aioli, green coriander salsa verde
Campfire Farms roasted pork, herbed spaetzle, smoked currant tomataoes
SWEETER
Dark chocolate-sesame pot de crème, hyssop whipped cream, whiskeyed cherries