Chef's Dinner Series Presents... A Cookbook Launch Party!
March 28, 2025
Chefs Dinner Series celebrates the launch of a mouthwatering and beautifully-photographed cookbook from chef Scott Clark, photographer Cheyenne Ellis, and guest author Betsy Andrews, whom you may recognize from our popular literary salon, Read the Room.
Coastal: 130 Recipes from a California Road Trip is a celebration of California cooking with more than 300 photos that capture the beauty, magic, and bounty of the Pacific Coast. From acclaimed chef Scott Clark, this inspired collection of crave-worthy recipes, gorgeous photographs, and vivid stories takes us on a road trip beginning at his beloved restaurant, Dad's Luncheonette, in Half Moon Bay and ending in Ventura County. Along the way, it visits the fishermen, crabbers, farmers, winemakers, and foragers who stretch along the Pacific Coast Highway between San Francisco and Los Angeles.
Sounds like soup for the soul in the middle of our New York winter! Warm up with us in an intimate and inviting space, where you will have the opportunity to meet the chef, co-author, and photographer of this beautiful piece of culinary journalism. Advance copies are available with your ticket purchase! Chef Scott Clark has planned an exciting menu that evokes the culinary diversity of the California coast.
HOT UPDATE: Coastal was recently listed in the top 20 of Eater's Best Cookbooks of 2025.
Please join us for this special evening of fine yet relaxed, California-style dining and conversation featuring a 4-course tasting menu professionally paired with wines. The venue is a special place, too; Chef's Dinner Table is a private culinary salon tucked away in a downtown NYC loft offering the ultimate experience in luxury private dining.
Note: all food, drink and gratuities are included with your ticket purchase, so you don't need to worry about settling a bill at the end of the night. A portion of the ticket price will go to World Central Kitchen to feed Los Angeles residents affected by the wildfires.
THE MENU
Canapés
Deviled Quail Eggs
Confit Tuna Salad with Sea Salt Lavash
Herby Buttermilk Ranch Dip with Seasonal Crudités
Dad's Potato Chips
1st Course
Curried Carrot Soup
2nd Course
Shrimp and Chicken Liver Grits
3rd course
Korean BBQ Pear Butter Ribs with Whole Napa Cabbage Kimchi
Shredded Potato Salad
Dry-Fried String Beans
Dessert
Earl Grey Icebox Pie
Miso, Walnut, and Chocolate Chip Cookies
*vegetarian alternatives provided for each course, with advance request
ABOUT THE TEAM
Scott Clark is the owner and operator of Dad’s Luncheonette and the author of Coastal: 130 Recipes from a California Road Trip. In San Francisco’s Michelin-starred kitchens Benu and Saison, he came to know and deeply appreciate the harvest of Central California and, specifically, of Half Moon Bay. He now lives in Half Moon Bay with his daughter.
Betsy Andrews is the co-author of Coastal: 130 Recipes from a California Road Trip, a James Beard, International Association of Culinary Professionals, and Society of American Travel Writers award-winning journalist. She lives in Brooklyn, but she’s been traveling the Central California coast and staying with family there since childhood.
Cheyenne Ellis is the photographer behind Coastal: 130 Recipes from a California Road Trip, and a fourth-generation Californian. She works from a home base in Bonny Doon on the Central California Coast, splits her time between Los Angeles and San Francisco, and travels the world for projects.