Where else can you try five different breeds of pork, roasted until tender, and be asked to describe their tastes? (And have such choices as vegetal, nutty, and dirt?)
Or try Jason Wilson’s (one of Food and Wine’s Best New Chefs, owner and executive chef of Crush) crackling sous vide pork loin, intended to taste like crispy porchetta from a roadside truck in Italy, but so much more?
And even when you aren’t eating pork (I suppose everyone has to pause sometime), you’re offered homemade potato chips with creme fraiche and caviar?
And if you reach her table in time, amidst the crowds thronging in for more food, you can grab one of Tamara Murphy’s pulled pork sliders, tiny as the palm of your hand, with a sweet and slightly spicy dipping sauce, all of it like one big porky lollipop?
(Our baby daughter had a taste of her fresh pork head cheese. And then she leaned in for more.)
This is only a small slice of Cochon555, a celebration of heirloom pigs and the chefs who love to make beautiful dishes with them.
It might be coming to your city soon.
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Dear Shauna & Daniel -
Love your blog! Great photos! I was also a huge fan of Gramercy Tavern when I lived in NYC.
I’m looking forward to the Cochon555 event in San Francisco this weekend. From all I’ve read, sounds like an amazing event. Among the chefs is Ryan Farr, who has taken on chicharrones as a delicacy….he’d be a good interview.
Would be honored if you added meatmeister to your “Recommended Blogs” list; meatmeister is on twitter, facebook, and the like. Feel free to contact me when y’all visit Wine Country or SF, and please keep me apprised of any events at Impromptu Wine Bar as I want to expand our coverage up the West Coast, then out to New Orleans & Chicago / K.C. later this year.
Nice to meat you,
Joe a/k/a meatmeister