At Tripoli Country Club, every meal is masterfully prepared using organic and regional ingredients hand-selected (or grown) by Executive Chef David Magnasco and his talented culinary brigade. The Chef maintains a vegetable and herb garden on the Club grounds during the summer months and preserves the harvest for use throughout the year.

Although you won’t enjoy looking and reading about the menu nearly as much as I enjoyed tasting it, below is a list of the courses along with photographs that I look at the Chef’s Table.

Course One

Golden Egg of truffle custard, crème fraîche, lavender & gold leaf  - Schramsberg Champagne

Course Two

Smoked Salmon Calla lily with chives, rye toast, horseradish cream, fennel pollen & wild dill – Cartlidge & Brown Sauvion Blanc

Course 3

Miso Glazed Black Cod with Daikon slaw, wasabi peanuts & sole hallo – Gekkeikan Sake

Course Four

Smoked Pork Shoulder in root vegetable consommé & brunoise mirepoix – Luis Chardonnay

Course Five (Half way there!)

Pumpkin Ravioli in browned sage butter with pine nuts, pumpkin seeds & amoretti crunch – Bonterra Viognier

Course Six

Cardoons topped with cotechino, fonduta & sun choke chips – Giacosa Arneis

Course Seven

Gewurztraminer sorbet

Course Eight

Duck Salad with Arugula, blue cheese, spiced hazelnuts, dried blueberries, freeze dried corn, chard & pomegranate-champagne vinaigrette – Belle Glos Clark & Telephone Pinot Noir

Course Nine

Fire Roasted N.Y Strip with roasted fingerling potatoes, heirloom squash, Flemish cabbage and veal demi glace – Ledge wood Cabernet Sauvignon

Course Ten

Apple & Cranberry Crisp with mint foam, cinnamon gelato, zabaione & candied ginger – Robert Hall Orange Muscat

Course Eleven (Just in case we weren’t full already!)

Piccola Pasticceria – Assorted mini Italian cookies

Bel lavoro, Chef David!

In 2005, I had the honor of working with the Berg family planning their daughter’s wedding.  Jennifer and Dusty Henningfeld were married on August 5, 2005.  Greg Berg is a Managing Director at Wachovia Securities Financial Network and the President of Tripoli Country Club.  Louise Berg is an owner of Life Productions, Inc., a video production firm that specializes in professionally produced videos for businesses, individuals and organizations.  I’m blessed to have such a wonderful family first as clients and now as friends!