Pam Weekes and Connie McDonald of Levain Bakery, photo: Melissa Kirschenheiter.
STIRRING THE POT WITH FLORENCE FABRICANT:
PAM WEEKES AND CONNIE MCDONALD OF LEVAIN BAKERY
TICKETS $35 ($31.50 FOR MEMBERS)
Florence will take a seat at the counter with Pam Weekes and Connie McDonald, friends and accomplished bakers who made bread for some of NYC’s favorite restaurants, eventually opening a small bakery, Levain, the French term for sourdough, on West 74th Street. They still produce breads and sell them at their many bakeries, including an outlet in Wainscott, but their renown has more to do with their famous industrial- strength 6-ounce cookies. Triathletes on the side, Pam and Connie whipped up a massive chocolate chip walnut cookie to keep energy levels high for training.
Attendees will have the opportunity to enjoy the cookie that became a fan-favorite after being introduced as a limited-time offering at Levain’s latest NYC bakery in Flatiron. The Black & White Chocolate Chip Cookie from Levain is a delightful twist on the classic black and white cookie, featuring rich dark cocoa, semi-sweet chocolate chips, and chunky white chocolate bites.
Attendees are invited to arrive at 10 AM for a breakfast provided by Citarella.
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Florence Fabricant
Florence Fabricant, a food and wine writer for the New York Times, contributes the weekly Front Burner and Off the Menu columns, is a member of the wine panel and writes the pairings column for the wine tastings. She frequently writes features that appear in the Food section and also covers food and travel elsewhere in the Times. She has written 13 cookbooks. This spring, her latest, The Ladies Village Improvement Society Cookbook: Eating and Entertaining in East Hampton" to celebrate the 125th anniversary of LVIS was published by Rizzoli. Other books include Wine with Food, based on the New York Times pairings columns and written with Eric Asimov and The City Harvest Cookbook, both published by Rizzoli. She actually began her career as a food writer in East Hampton, contributing the column In Season to the East Hampton Star. A Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Smith College, she has an M.A. in French from New York University Graduate School of Arts and Sciences. She holds L’Ordre National du Mérite from the French government, is on the Board of Trustees of Guild Hall in East Hampton, N.Y., and is a member of Who’s Who of Food and Beverage in America. (New York, NY). She and her husband, Richard, a retired lawyer, live in Manhattan and East Hampton, N.Y. They have two children and two grandchildren.
Sponsors
Lead Sponsor: Ciuffo Cabinetry
Supporting Sponsor: Citarella
Media Partner: Purist
Performing Arts programming is supported in part by funding from The Melville Straus Family Endowment, and Monica and Peter Tessler. Music Programming is supported in part by The Ellen and James S. Marcus Endowment for Musical Programming.
Additional support provided by Friends of the Theater: John and Joan D’Addario, Gabrielle and Gianpaolo de Felice, Ezriel Kornel, Hilarie and Mitchell Morgan, Michèle and Steve Pesner, The Schaffner Family Foundation, Jayne Baron Sherman and Deborah Zum, Straus Family Foundation, and Susi and Peter Wunsch
