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My Decadent Eight Course Vegan Tasting Menu for The Illuminati Ball is mentioned in…
- The New York Times lifestyle feature revealing that the menu for the ball is vegan A Mystery Ball Where the Illuminati Have Cloven Hooves (August 30th, 2017).
- Gothamist in Review: ‘The Illuminati Ball,’ An Immersive Dinner Extravaganza.(May 2nd, 2016). ” …delicious food from chef Erin Orr, whose exceptional first course, sautéed and salted Medjool dates with whiskey, made it clear that the dinner was as essential an element to the show as anything else.”
- Vegan Magazine in Vegan Cuisine Reigns Supreme at Secret Estate Illuminati Ball (March 27, 2016).
- Off Off Online in Gather Ye Illuminati Hopefuls (April 27, 2016). “The conviviality is amplified by the evening’s spread of small plates and cocktails, the quality of which far surpasses any usual dinner theater fare. The dinner, lovingly prepared and artfully plated by chef Erin Orr, consists of delightful colors and textures.”



Some of the Vegetarian Main Course recipes from Ideas for Thanksgiving 2014 were mentioned in a conversation with Melissa Clark on the Leonard Lopate show. “She is serious, Erin Orr…” Leonard Lopate. The full conversation begins at 17:00. Click on the pictures above to find links to the recipes mentioned.
Gluten-Free Sticky, Boozy Chocolate Plum Pudding Cake recipe featured in Our 10 Best Plum Recipes (The Guardian, September 27, 2014)
Fresh Nectarine Tart with a Hazelnut Crust and Rose Glaze (Gluten-Free) photo and recipe featured in Nectarine Recipes: Sweet and Savory Uses for the Juicy Stone Fruit (Huffiest Taste, august 22, 2013)
Tomato and Cream Cheese Omelet featured on Foodpress (January, 2011)
i made the yummy potato crust quiche tonight for dinner and it was GREAT. everyone loved it.
Wonderful! Thanks for dropping by.
This is so CRAZY! I live in SoCal and am searching and searching for a Myrtle Berry Recipe and came across your blog! Our Landscape Architect I’m guessing from your description and photo you provided MUST be the same Valerie as our Landscape Architect…she lives on! We miss her.
correction. Our Landscape Architect I’m guessing from your description and photo you provided MUST be the same Valerie you visited in SoCal. I helped organize the Celebration of her life when she passed. Valerie designed three of our gardens and both my husband and I think of her often with fond memories.
What!??! Yes! She was the very best friends of my sister Silvi’s mother. Silvi posted this recipe when she and her mother were visiting Valerie after she moved from Canada to California.