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Fall in love with food at Cincinnati Museum Center's Valentine's Dinner
Julia Child inspires a French cuisine three-course meal Feb. 14; tickets available now
CINCINNATI – Love is in the air at Cincinnati Museum Center (CMC). Join them on Valentine’s Day for a French cuisine three-course meal inside Union Terminal’s grand Rotunda. The meal is inspired by culinary icon Julia Child’s love affair with cooking featured in the museum’s new exhibition Julia Child: A Recipe for Life. Tickets for the February 14 Valentine’s Dinner are available now.
The culinary cupids at SSA Group, CMC’s exclusive food service partners, have created a meal worthy of Julia Child’s own cookbook. Diners will begin with a French country salad before moving on to a chicken and mushroom fricassée or a smoked ratatouille main course. And no meal is complete without dessert: pots de crème for two.
Before your meal, rediscover the trailblazing chef who inspired the meal in Julia Child: A Recipe for Life. You can step onto the set of an interactive television studio to stage your own episode of “The French Chef” and page through a larger-than-life animated copy of Julia’s Mastering the Art of French Cooking. In the spirit of love, you can recreate one of Julia’s and her beloved Paul’s Valentine’s cards with a bathtub photo op.
A table for two is $160 and a table for four is $320. Valentine’s Dinner tickets are available at cincymuseum.org and include exhibition access and three-course meal. A cash bar will be available.
Complete menu:
First Course
- French Country Salad | Arugula, asparagus, walnuts, beets, goat cheese and lemon Dijon vinaigrette (V, GF)
Second Course
- Chicken and Mushroom Fricassée | Herb-marinated chicken breast with roasted mushroom gravy
- Smoked Ratatouille (Vegetarian option) | Roasted tomato, eggplant, zucchini and yellow squash with red sauce (V, VG, GF)
- Herbes de Provence Roasted Potatoes
- Roasted Garlic Asparagus
Third Course
- Pots de Crème for Two | Served in a “bathtub”
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About Cincinnati Museum Center
Cincinnati Museum Center (CMC) at Union Terminal is a nationally recognized, award-winning institution housed in a National Historic Landmark. CMC is a vital community resource that sparks curiosity, inspiration, epiphany and dialogue. CMC was awarded the 2009 National Medal for Museum and Library Service from the Institute of Museum and Library Services and received accreditation from the American Alliance of Museums in 2012, one of a select few museums in the nation to receive both honors. Organizations within CMC include the Cincinnati History Museum, Museum of Natural History & Science, The Children’s Museum, Robert D. Lindner Family OMNIMAX® Theater, Cincinnati History Library and Archives and the Geier Collections and Research Center. Housed in historic Union Terminal – a National Historic Landmark restored in 2018 and recognized as the nation’s 45th most important building by the American Institute of Architects – CMC welcomes more than 1.8 million visits annually, making it one of the most visited museums in the country. For more information, visit cincymuseum.org.
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Cody Hefner
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(513) 287-7054
chefner@cincymuseum.org
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