Sustainable Seafood at Smithsonian

By JULIETTE ROSSANT Washington DC might be on the way to becoming this Nation's food capitol. Will there be a Food Network show on the Washington food scene? What about a Museum of Cuisine on the Mall? That idea seems to be gaining a bit of traction. If you missed the hubbub of foodie excitement around the inauguration, you might want to book a room for the weekend of March 20-21. Alton Brown is leading a "Culinary Weekend Celebrating Sustainable Seafood" at the National Museum of Natural History – better known to Washingtonians as the dinosaur museum. The weekend is being organized by the Smithsonian Associates in cooperation with the museum. It opens with a seafood tasting prepared by 25 of Washington's top chefs, served in the museum's rotund – presumably around the giant elephant that proudly stands there. The chefs include: Nora Pouillon, Robert Weland, Todd Gray, Scott Drewno, Jeff Buben,and Anne Cashion. Saturday will Alton will moderate two panels on sustainability with guests including (to name a few): Michael Sutton of the Center for the Future of the Ocean at the Monterey Bay Aquarium and chefs Jeff Black and Bob Kinkead. Finally, there will be a lunch prepared by Mark Gaier and Clark Frasier, Susan Spicer, and Allen Susser. For more information click here. Previous articles: Smithsonian Folklife Festival: Food Culture USA Sustainable Seafood Day Rick Moonen: Seafood Watch Mary Sue Milliken & Susan Feniger: Cooking for Solutions Technorati Tags: superchefblog, Juliette Rossant, super chef, celebrities, chefs, food, restaurants, cooking, branding, cuisine, blogging, food blogging, cookbooks, cookbook reviews, sustainable seafood --> back to Super Chef