Pushing the envelope: Plaza Cafe menu reinvented by winemaker dinners

摘要

Wine never hurt a chefs cooking style. And in the case of Douglas Guilja, chef-owner of the Plaza Cafe in Southampton, N.Y., 10 years of hosting winemaker dinners has virtually created the menu he serves today. "I was a little reluctant when my publicist got me started with the wine dinners to help build business," admits Guilja, who didn't know much about wine at the beginning. But that wasn't the point: "About 70 percent of the menu items I serve started out as features for the special dinners."