If My Grandma at Jezabel's Cafe

This event is particularly tender for my heart. Jezabel and I had been talking about this dinner for a long time but this week my 94 year old grandma, Priscilla Jean Pitcher Raywood, finally went to the other side. Please join me in celebrating this incredible woman. Read more about my grandmother’s life here.

FEBRUARY 21ST 2020 AT JEZABEL’S CAFE

…WERE TO COOK YOU DINNER WITH KATIE BRIGGS

“I CONCEIVED THE IF MY GRANDMA WERE TO COOK YOU LUNCH AND DINNER SERIES TO RECREATE THE MAGIC THAT TOOK PLACE AT MY GRANDMA’S KITCHEN.” - JEZABEL CAREAGA

words by Jezabel Careaga

Katie is a chef and activist based in Philadelphia and she’s passionate about local and seasonal food working extensively with the farming community.

We are very excited to welcome Katie to start the 2020 season of IfMyGrandma dinners with a farm-to-table menu locally sourced…just like her grandma used to do.

FIVE-COURSE PRIX FIXE MENU

Grandma’s Soup

Navy bean soup with carrots, onions and celery

Polenta de la Abuela

Polenta, tomato sauce and cheese

Baked Ham with Pineapple Brown Sugar Glaze

Baked ham with turnip and nutmeg mash and a garden salad

Blueberry Pie

Flaky buttery crust and fresh blueberries

Jello Mold

‘Cool’whip

BYOB

Vegetarian Menu available upon request by FEBRUARY 18
Some seating maybe communal

PRICE PER PERSON: $50.-
Hospitality Fee NOT Included

“Life is short, always eat dessert first”- Priscilla Jean Raywood

Rowhouse Grocery Community Table + Kitchen Schedule

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I am excited to be curating classes and event this Spring at Rowhouse Grocery in South Philly. Rowhouse Grocery is more than just a corner store: its a community market. Their goal is to bring more fruits, vegetables and wholesome store-made prepared foods to their neighbors at prices that are accessible to all.

It is our hope to be part of the fabric of our neighborhood by hosting a variety of intersectional classes and events in our bright and airy upstairs community kitchen and table.

If you have any questions about classes, please contact Katie via email: katie@eclectikdomestic.com

We look forward to hosting you!

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Rowhouse Grocery Community Table + Kitchen Schedule

May 4// Rowhouse Grocery Open House // 3-6pm// FREE

May 6// Sarapan: Indonesian Brunch with Chef Diana Widjojo of Hardena// 2-4pm// $20-30

May 10// Cheese Flavor: Where does it come from? with Conor Sheridan of Di Bruno Brothers// 6-8pm//$15-25

May 18// Sustainable Floristry with Kristin of Lunaria Gardens// 2-4pm// $40-70

May 19// Herbal Tea Blending with Noelle Bakri of Gold Dust Apothecary// 5-6:30pm //$5-10

May 22// Rowhouse Community Lunch with Chef Allie Hauptman & Chef Jen Holman// 11am-3pm// $10-20

May 24// VBQ: A Plant Based Barbecue with Chef Nicole Younger of iHeart Chef NY Catering// 6-8pm// $20-35

May 25// Intro to Ice Cream Making with Danni Sinisi of Lil' Mario's 2-4pm// $20-30

May 30// Spoil Yourself!: The Art of Cheese & Charcuterie with Jamie Png & 1732 Meats// 6-8pm// $15-30

June 4// Rowhouse Community Lunch with Chef Allie Hauptman & Chef Jen Holman// 11am-3pm// $10-20

June 7// Argentine Family Table with Chef Jezabel Careaga of Jezabel's Cafe// 6:30-8:30PM// $20-30

June 9// 1149 Co-op Community Meal with Jena Harris of Food Everyone Deserves// 5-8pm// $5-20

June 10 // Better Home Bartending Seminar with Gavin McMonigle of the Dead Collective// 5-8pm//$20-35

June 12// Ploughman Cider + Eclectik Domestic Dinner with Ben Wenk of Three Springs Fruit and Chef Katie Briggs// 6-8pm// $40-60

June 14// Intro to Japanese Water Stone Sharpening with Steve Pellegrino of Pellegrino Cutlery// 6-8pm// $15-30

June 17// Queer Soup Night with Eclk Collective// 6:30-8:30pm//Pay-What-You-Can

June 19// Eat Well & Heal the Planet: Basic Home Nutrition on the Cheap with Acorn & Frances Rose of K is for Kitchen//  7-8pm//$7-21

June 22// Prix Fixe Dinner with Chef Thug Life// 6-8pm// $45-55

June 23// Other Animal Coffee & Rowhouse Pulla Coffee House 11am-2pm// $5-10

June 26// Willie Mae's Black Heritage Supper with Chef Kurt Evans of Booker's// 6-8pm// $50-75

June 29// Summer Pizza Party with Peggy Paul Casella of Thursday Night Pizza// 12-2pm// $30-50

SARAPAN: INDONESIAN BRUNCH WITH CHEF DIANA WIDJOJO OF HARDENA

Join us this Monday@rowhousegrocery for the first in our community kitchen series with Chef Diana Widjojo of@hardenaphilly for Sarapan: Indonesian Brunch. 
Chef Diana will be preparing:

1. Bubur- Rice porridge with shredded chicken, cakwe (Chinese cruller), roasted peanuts, hard boiled egg and garlic crackers

2. Hagelslag- Dutch style toast with chocolate sprinkles and fruit

3. Tahu Kecap sambal- Fried Tofu with Sweet Soy Sambal

4. Bubur Ketan- Sweet Black rice pudding with salted coconut milk and bananas

We are honored to have Chef Diana kick off our series at Rowhouse as Hardena is a legendary institution in South Philly. 
Reserve your sliding-scale ticket today via Venmo @eclkdomestic with your name, number in party and donation amount or via EclectikDomestic.com 
As always industry receives 20% off! 
2-4pm// $20-30// See you Monday! 

Diana Widjojo attended the Art Institute of New York City for Culinary & Management. Food has always been the center of her life and focus. Diana grew up in an open minded environment and learned to appreciate different cuisines from many places. Living in New York City and trying different cuisines from around the globe, she learned how to appreciate every dish, and from that, learned how to appreciate my own ethnic cuisine. The fact that Indonesian food was not known at all inspired Diana to think of ways to introduce it to more people. Ever since Diana and her sisters were young they would help their mother prepare different foods for her catering. They watched their mother work so hard and receive so much joy to be cooking for people that loved her food. Seeing that made Diana and her sisters want to do the same. Diana has worked in many different types of restaurants from hipster fast food in uptown Manhattan to fine dining off 5th Avenue, trying to learn as much as she could. Diana moved to Philadelphia to work at Noord to expand her knowledge of Indonesian cuisine. In February 2017, Diana and her sisters took ownership of Hardena, working tirelessly to introduce Indonesian cuisine and culture to the general public.

Dinner at 1149

Join us for Dinner at 1149 Co-Op Thursday, March 21st from 6-9pm.

Reserving Tickets in advance can be made by sending Venmo payments to @eclkdomestic or by emailing katie@eclectikdomestic.com

Donate to the 1149 Co-Op’s Fundraising Campaign by clicking here.

Valentine's Dinner Series

Bridgeton House on the Delaware is pleased to continue their Chef’s Tasting Menu. Chef Karen Bean and Chef Katie Briggs of Eclectik Domestic will be returning to prepare a market driven chef’s tasting menu for Valentine’s Day and President’s Weekend.

The chefs will be offering a 3 or 5-course menu served fireside in the dining room at Bridgeton House on the Delaware.The 3-course menu will include a salad, entree and dessert. The 5-course menu will include an appetizer and a selection of local cheeses hand selected by Chef Katie, a wonderful ending to this artfully prepared meal. The 5-course tasting menu is the chef’s recommendation.

Chefs Katie and Karen have been cooking together at Bridgeton House for the last five years and these two roving chefs feel most at home behind the stove together. Katie’s vegetable-driven cuisine (influenced by her time in California) is grounded by Karen’s repertoire of old world classics. Though they are from different generations, their love for classic cuisine unites them and offers a truly one of a kind culinary experience.

Please join us.

Reservations are required – please call the inn directly to make reservations 610-982-5856 and alert us to any dietary restrictions.

Chef Bios:

Chef Karen Bean is a seasoned chef who has been preparing breakfast, baked goods and private dining packages at the Bridgeton House for the past 10 years. Prior to her tenure at Bridgeton House she offered up her culinary talents as the executive chef at the Golden Pheasant as well as several fine dining establishments in Florida and Costa Rica. Karen has also worked as a private chef to local residents and catered many parties and events in her 50 years behind the stove.

Chef Katie Briggs of Eclectik Domestic has traveled far and wide offering up her culinary talents. Katie’s early love for food was learned from her parents at Bridgeton House. She later received a Bachelors of Arts from Temple University in Philadelphia and was selected to affirm her culinary talents at Bolete Restaurant through the James Beard ‘Women in Culinary Leadership’ Program. Her resume boasts whole-animal butchering, hosting culinary events and pop-ups from California to Maine, (as well as abroad in France and Germany) and several years touring with the acclaimed culinary circus “Outstanding in the Field” to nearly all 50 states.