Cafe Firenze Wine Dinner
On Thursday, May 14th at 7 p.m.
Cafe Firenze welcomes Saverio Carmagnini, President of the Italian Association of Sommoliers to pour wines and cook some special dishes using a cookbook from the 15th century. Celebrity chef Fabio Viviani (as seen in Top Chef: New York) will prepare a bluefin tuna crudo as an appetizer and a grandmother’s cake for dessert. Carmagnini, Viviani’s longtime friend, will prepare a rock shrimp and white bean salad paired with a 2007 Robert Mondavi Fume Blanc; a pink garbanzo bean soup paired with a glass of 2006 Acacia Carneros Pinot Noir; and an herb-crusted rack of lamb alongside a glass of 2005 Beaulieu Vineyards Cabernet Sauvignon.
The 5-course meal with 3 glasses of wine costs $75.
Cafe Firenze, 563 W. Los Angeles Ave., Moorpark, 805-532-0048.