A Loomis restaurant is holding a special dinner event next week to celebrate the recent release of a cookbook by Placer County locals Joanne Neft and Laura Kenny.
Cafe Zorro will be featuring a three-course menu based on recipes included in "Placer County Real Food" (In-Season Publishing, $28, 300 pages), according to an e-mail from the restaurant.
The cookbook will be for sale at the event and a book signing also will be held.
Diners may choose from a first course of either onion soup with creme fraiche and thyme or a pea shoot salad with citrus vinaigrette.
Main course choices are pan-seared halibut cheeks with an herb beurre blanc sauce, red quinoa with mushrooms and sauteed kale with mirin or barbecue leg of lambs, served with roasted sweet onions and fennel, sauteed summer squash and baby bok choy with crispy shallots.
Dessert is angel food cake with blackberry compote.
True to Neft's passion to eat locally-grown food in season, all of the food served, except for halibut, will be sourced locally.
The dinner will be held from 5 to 8:30 p.m. June 15 at Cafe Zorro, 5911 King Rd., Loomis. Cost is $35 per person.
Reservations are required and can be made by e-mailing matt@cafezorro.com.
Click here to read more about Neft, Kenny and their effort to help people connect with local food and farmers.
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