{"id":386476,"date":"2026-10-29T10:32:16","date_gmt":"2026-10-29T10:32:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/386476\/"},"modified":"2026-10-29T10:32:16","modified_gmt":"2026-10-29T10:32:16","slug":"cooking-for-queens-queens-gazette","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/386476\/","title":{"rendered":"Cooking For Queens – Queens Gazette"},"content":{"rendered":"

An evening celebrating \u201cCooking for Queens\u201d brought exceptional food, thoughtful wine pairings,\u00a0and well-traveled connoisseurs together on Metropolitan Avenue,\u00a0Forest Hills\u00a0and offered a compelling reminder of its culinary distinction on Thursday evening, as Tourmaline Restaurant welcomed a small gathering for a collaborative dinner featuring Chef Danny Brown and Chef Yvan Lemoine. Celebrating Brown\u2019s book,\u00a0\u201cCooking for Queens\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Danny Brown Wine Bar and Kitchen Recipes,\u201d\u00a0the evening combined inventive cooking, expressive wines,\u00a0and the easy warmth of a neighborhood gathering.\u00a0<\/p>\n

At 106-17 Metropolitan Avenue, the setting was unmistakably local; the standards at the table were international. Among those attending were Lily Zivkovic and her husband, Radoslav, whose former leadership of the company providing catering to the United Nations, including its General Assembly, brought a particularly informed appreciation of the evening\u2019s hospitality. Their table also included executives currently working at the United Nations, alongside food enthusiasts and connoisseurs whose travels have taken them to distinguished dining rooms around the world. Coming together from across New York City, Connecticut and Westchester, this company brought more than an appetite. They shared a practiced understanding of\u00a0fine food,\u00a0wine\u00a0and service\u2014and an appreciation for the imagination and precision\u00a0required\u00a0to make a dinner memorable.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The intentionally limited seating allowed the evening to\u00a0retain\u00a0the character of a private dinner party. Family-style service encouraged conversation and discovery, with guests sharing dishes, comparing impressions,\u00a0and enjoying the company as much as the cooking.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The welcome selection\u00a0established\u00a0the\u00a0evening\u2019s\u00a0range: Serrano ham croquettes with saffron\u00a0a\u00efoli\u00a0and piquillo pepper, chestnut soup with rosemary cream, and salmon tartare and p\u00e2t\u00e9 de\u00a0campagne\u00a0crostini, accompanied by Domaine Rolet Cr\u00e9mant du Jura.\u00a0Grilled calamari with white beans, arugula and rosemary followed, alongside beet salad with goat cheese, red onion\u00a0marmalade\u00a0and hazelnut vinaigrette. Red wine-braised beef short ribs, served with mascarpone polenta, cavolo\u00a0nero\u00a0and horseradish-citrus gremolata, brought richness balanced by freshness and restraint.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Wine Director Nicole Muscari,\u00a0DipWSET, provided a thoughtful progression of pairings, including Tenuta delle Terre Nere Etna Bianco and Lieu-Dit Cabernet. The selections gave each course its own expression while\u00a0maintaining\u00a0a graceful rhythm throughout the meal.\u00a0An 18-month Comt\u00e9 Fort Saint Antoine with tomato jam and walnut-cranberry bread preceded miniature Valrhona chocolate and rum raisin carrot cakes, with Niepoort Tawny Port\u00a0accompanying\u00a0dessert.\u00a0<\/p>\n

For the Zivkovics and their fellow diners, the pleasure lay in the combination: unusual preparations, excellent ingredients, beautifully judged flavors,\u00a0and pairings that rewarded close attention.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Brown\u2019s participation carried\u00a0particular resonance\u00a0in his home neighborhood. His former Danny Brown Wine Bar & Kitchen became the first restaurant in Queens to earn a Michelin star in the 2011 guide. At Tourmaline, that culinary legacy met Lemoine\u2019s own sensibility in an evening rooted in both collaboration and place.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Guests received copies of\u00a0\u201cCooking for Queens,\u201d\u00a0extending the experience beyond the table. The evening\u2019s\u00a0lasting impression, however, was closer to home: the pleasure of finding food and hospitality worthy of a well-traveled audience within the intimate, small-town atmosphere that makes Forest Hills distinctive.\u00a0<\/p>\n

For more information, visit\u00a0www.chefdannybrown.com<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Tourmaline Restaurant welcomed a small gathering for a collaborative dinner featuring Chef Danny Brown and Chef Yvan Lemoine, celebrating Brown\u2019s book, \u201cCooking for Queens\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Danny Brown Wine Bar and Kitchen Recipes.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"An evening celebrating \u201cCooking for Queens\u201d brought exceptional food, thoughtful wine pairings,\u00a0and well-traveled connoisseurs together on Metropolitan Avenue,\u00a0Forest…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":386477,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[9,24,63,122,124,123],"class_list":["post-386476","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-queens","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-queens","tag-queens-headlines","tag-queens-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/386476","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=386476"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/386476\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/386477"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=386476"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=386476"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=386476"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}