Thanksgiving: Vegan, Local, Organic at Angelica Kitchen
Posted by Faye Mermey on Growers & Grocers
Once again, The Angelica Kitchen will provide vegetarian and vegan New Yorkers with a much anticipated feast on this most carnivorous American holiday. Five exquisite organic locovore courses, at an economical ten dollars a course, make for an elegant event within their East Village restaurant – or a lifesaving five hour car ride to a chicken stock laden family holiday.
To start, they offer a fennel white bean pâté with seeded flatbread and pickled Thanksgiving vegetables. Of their famed soups, on this occasion you may choose between a celery root bisque with shiitake mushrooms and parsley oil or a roast garlic broth with tatsoi and sourdough croutons.
You are then served a colorful salad of arugula tossed with roast sweet corn, spiced pumpkin seeds, walnuts and roast red kuri squash, dressed with aged balsamic-orange vinaigrette. The main course includes a choice of either roast carnival squash with a bountiful filling of quinoa, wild rice, amaranth, spelt berries, fried tempeh cubes and toasted pecans, studded with root vegetable confetti – served over wilted broccoli rabe and herbed shallot gravy, and garnished with red pepper coulis, or a tower of tender grilled seitan with roast cremini mushrooms and caramelized red onions, layered with sautéed radicchio and Lacinato kale, atop a creamy parsnip mash over a red wine reduction, and garnished with frizzled sage leaves and garlic chips. Both entrees are served with roast Brussels sprouts & cauliflower.
Dessert requires that age old decision – tradition, something delicately different, or chocolate: Pumpkin Pie with coconut whip, Seckel Pear-Almond Upside Down Cake with vanilla bean custard & caramel sauce, or Chocolate Mousse with cranberry coulis & chocolate-phyllo cigar.
Tea, Chai, or Grain Coffee with toasted almond milk is included. Bring your own wine or beer – there is no corkage fee!
Angelica Kitchen
300 East 12th Street (Between First and Second Avenues)
212.228.2909
www.angelicakitchen.com
Noon - last seating at 8:30
$50.00 per person, plus tax and tip
Cash Only
*Please call to confirm your reservation, 212-228-2909, Monday November 24, no later than 5:00 p.m. (If they do not receive a confirmation call on this date, they will offer the table to another party.)
*Plan to arrive with your complete party at the designated time, as they will only hold your reservation for 15 minutes.
Thank you for illustrating how delicious a turkey-free Thanksgiving can be. Sadly, this much-maligned bird is one of the most abused animals in modern agribusiness, with more than 270 million raised and slaughtered each year. Overcrowded in filthy, warehouse-type sheds, turkeys are subjected to physical and psychological abuses that include having parts of their beaks and toes cut off — both without any painkiller — as well as the frustration of most of their natural behaviors. Indeed, turkeys are highly social animals, yet those in factory farms spend their brief lives unable to indulge in such natural habits as roosting, foraging, raising their young, or even exercising.
Fortunately, it’s so easy to enjoy a mouthwatering meal without meat. For those who want to celebrate with compassion at home this year, I recommend visiting www.tryveg.com and www.goveg.com.