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The Kickoff: GP & Mario Host a Dinner

To give the goop x Cadillac Road to Table event series the liftoff it deserves, we hooked up with longtime GP pal Mario Batali to co-host a good old fashioned dinner party—but not before guests got to go on a Cadillac XT5 test drive, which began at the Whitney museum and ended at Batali’s newest restaurant, La Sirena. The Batali-curated feast of tricolore salad, handmade agnolotti, and other Italian delicacies was accompanied by wines from The Bastianich Winery and ended with a sweet takeaway from Mast Brothers chocolate. Next stop for Road to Table: Chicago!

  • The Kickoff: GP & Mario Host a Dinner A fleet of Cadillacs waiting
    to whisk guests from the
    Whitney to La Sirena.
  • The Kickoff: GP & Mario Host a Dinner
  • The Kickoff: GP & Mario Host a Dinner Goop CEO Lisa
    Gersh and her
    sweet ride.
  • The Kickoff: GP & Mario Host a Dinner Team goop cleans up nice.
  • The Kickoff: GP & Mario Host a Dinner #Bosslady in David Koma.
  • The Kickoff: GP & Mario Host a Dinner
  • The Kickoff: GP & Mario Host a Dinner
  • The Kickoff: GP & Mario Host a Dinner It’s wine o’clock at
    La Sirena.
  • The Kickoff: GP & Mario Host a Dinner
  • The Kickoff: GP & Mario Host a Dinner Of a Kind’s Claire
    Mazur and Erica Cerulo.
  • The Kickoff: GP & Mario Host a Dinner Scout the City blogger,
    Sai De Silva.
  • The Kickoff: GP & Mario Host a Dinner Bronson Van Wyck.
  • The Kickoff: GP & Mario Host a Dinner
  • The Kickoff: GP & Mario Host a Dinner
  • The Kickoff: GP & Mario Host a Dinner Our gracious hosts, GP and Mario Batali.
  • The Kickoff: GP & Mario Host a Dinner Mimi Brown’s impeccable florals
    complete the tablescapes.
  • The Kickoff: GP & Mario Host a Dinner
  • The Kickoff: GP & Mario Host a Dinner Second course is served.
  • The Kickoff: GP & Mario Host a Dinner Rachelle Hruska MacPherson.
  • The Kickoff: GP & Mario Host a Dinner Old school beef braciole. 
  • The Kickoff: GP & Mario Host a Dinner Caryn Prime and Anne Keane. 
  • The Kickoff: GP & Mario Host a Dinner
  • The Kickoff: GP & Mario Host a Dinner Neil and Rachel
    Blumenthal, of Warby
    Parker and Cricket’s
    Circle respectively.
  • The Kickoff: GP & Mario Host a Dinner Zanita Whittington.
  • The Kickoff: GP & Mario Host a Dinner The Dannijo sisters, Danielle 
    and Jodie Snyder.
  • The Kickoff: GP & Mario Host a Dinner The sweetest
    goodbye,
    courtesy of
    Mast Brothers
    chocolate.

Special Thanks To:

Mimi Brown, Mario Batali, Kathryn Gillan, David Gruber, Mast Brothers chocolate, and the rest of the amazing team at La Sirena. Photo Credit: Hannah Thomson

Recipes

  • Tricolore with Chianti Vinaigrette & Parmigiano Reggiano

    Tricolore with Chianti Vinaigrette & Parmigiano Reggiano

    Rather than emulsifying this simple vinaigrette, we mix it just before serving. An emulsified vinaigrette would cloy to the leaves of hearty greens like these, but this broken dressing just lingers on the lettuce. Make sure to use high-quality olive oil—you’ll taste the difference.

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  • Sweet Corn Agnolotti with Basil Butter

    Sweet Corn Agnolotti with Basil Butter

    Fresh pasta isn’t the sort of dish one might make regularly at home, but if you have extra corn from the farm stand, it’s really worth the effort. Make a big batch on a lazy weekend and freeze in batches (pasta can stay in an air-tight container dusted with semolina for three weeks)—that way you can enjoy these morsels of summer flavor well into the fall.

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  • Olive Oil-Poached Halibut with Squash Ragu

    Olive Oil-Poached Halibut with Squash Ragu

    This dish is a celebration of summer squash. We build a ragu using the flesh of the vegetable, sautée slices, and garnish with a julienne. It is the season reincarnate.

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