On June 15^th, GrowNYC's Project Farmhouse hosted the first in our Chef Seasonal Dinner Series. It was a seafood soiree, beginning with a double book reading by sustainable fisheries expert and New York Times bestselling author, Paul Greenberg (who read from American Catch: The Fight for Our Local Seafood), and Stephanie Villani, co-owner of Blue Moon Fish, a family operation that catches wild, local fish off the coast of Mattituck, on the North Fork of Long Island, who read an excerpt from her forthcoming cookbook, The Fisherman’s Wife.

This thoroughly informative and entertaining conversation with Paul and Stephanie was later followed by a four-course seated dinner featuring local seafood and shellfish prepared by Bill Telepan of Oceana, Howard Kalachnikoff of Gramercy Tavern, Melissa Rodriguez of Del Posto, Kerry Heffernan of Grand Banks, and Ron Paprocki of Gotham Bar and Grill.

In short, it was epic – as illustrated in this slideshow.

Look out for more info on our next dinner in the series!

Photography by Amanda Gentile