National Escargot Day 2013

Chicago, Illinois - National Escargot Day Celebrations Are Coming To Chicago! Marking the end of the annual harvest period, May 24, 2013 promises to be our biggest event yet!

The sustainably conducted month-long search for the true Wild Burgundy Snail, across vast tracts of European wilderness, culminates in a feast. A tribute to the world's most versatile protein, National Escargot Day menus present the Helix Pomatia Linne in all its glory. Diners this year will experience multi-course tasting menus, à la carte options, and even the occasional dessert, honoring the "Kobe Beef of Snails".

100% Organic, 100% Natural, the finest of the 116 edible varieties of snail and the only variety that can be truly called "Burgundy Snail", the Helix Pomatia Linne is also nutritionally unbeatable: see http://www.potironne.com/escargot/.

As seen in Bon Appetit (March, 2005), Saveur (October, 2005), Santé (May, 2006), the Wall Street Journal (January, 2007), Philadelphia Inquirer (May, 2007), Philadelphia Magazine (August, 2009) says, "These snails are a revelation to those who don't like escargots".

Featured in:

Daniel Boulud's My French Cuisine.

Thomas Keller's The Bouchon Cookbook.

Fabio Trabocchi's Cucina of Le Marche:
A Chef's Treasury of Recipes from Italy's Last Culinary Frontier.

Marc Vetri's Il Viaggio de Vetri Cookbook.

Vitaly Paley's The Paley's Place Cookbook.

Harvested by hand in the wild, immaculately prepared, and simply unmatched, the Wild Burgundy Snails are the choice of top chefs across America. Smaller events are being planned in other cities as well.

2013 Chicago Participating Chefs & Restaurants include:

Chef Paul Kahan Blackbird Publican Quality Meats 619 West Randolph Street Chicago, IL 60661 (312) 715-0708	Chef Stephanie Izard Girl & The Goat 809 West Randolph Street Chicago, IL 60607 (312) 492-6262	Chef Paul Virant Perennial Virant Vie 1800 North Lincoln Ave. Chicago, IL 60614 (312) 981-7070
Chef Dale Levitski Frog N Snail 1417 West Fullerton Avenue Chicago, IL 60614 (773) 348-0706	Chef Phillip Foss El Ideas 2419 West 14th Street Chicago, IL 60618 (312) 226-8144	Chef Thomas Lents Sixteen Restaurant Trump Hotel 401 North Wabash Avenue Chicago, IL 60611 (312) 588-8151
	Chef John Anderes Telegraph Reno 2601 N. Milwaukee Avenue Chicago, IL 60647 (773) 292-9463	Chef Kevin Hickey Allium 120 East Delaware Place Chicago, IL 60611 (312) 799-4900
Chef Dominic Zumpano MH Fish House 670 Bank Lane Lake Forest, IL 60045 (847) 234-8802	Chef Scott Manley Table, Donkey, and Stick 2728 West Armitage Avenue Chicago, IL 60647 (773) 486-8525	Chef Jerome Bacle Courtright's Restaurant 8989 Archer Avenue Willow Springs, IL 60480 (708) 839-8000
Chef Greg Biggers Café des Architectes Sofitel 20 East Chestnut Street Chicago, IL 60611 (312) 324-4000	Chef/Proprietor J. Joho Exec. Chef Alex Ageneau Paris Club 59 West Hubbard Street Chicago, IL 60610 (312) 595-0800	Chef Chris Pandel The Bristol Balena 2152 North Damen Avenue Chicago, IL 60647 (773) 862-5555

Stay tuned as more local restaurants are expected to confirm. Press seating with The Snailman is available.

2013 Coverage:

On National Escargot Day, Chicago Chefs Go Italian

Monday, May 20, 2013
by Danial Gerzina
eater.com

Last Easter weekend, there was a late breakfast at Palazzo Donati in Italy's Le Marche region. One of our writers was there, and one of the many things he ate that morning was a platter of snails, which may sound formidable right out of bed, but they were full of herbs, garlic and, being Italian, light tomato sauce. View full article.

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Eating Neglected Food: National Escargot Day. Hail the Snail!

Wednesday, May 22, 2013
by David Hammond
oakpark.com

In 2007, during the cicada infestation of Oak Park, I appeared on several national and international television shows talking about ways to prepare seasonal cicadas in various dishes. Our most popular cicada creation, designed by my wife, Carolyn, was a nori roll with seaweed, rice, steamed vegetables and fried cicadas, which were a little like very small soft shell crabs. View full article.

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2012 Participating Chefs & Restaurants

Chef Ben Puchowitz
Matyson
37 S. 19th Street
Philadelphia, PA 19103
(215) 564-2925

Chef Pierre Calmels
Bibou
1009 South 8th Street
Philadelphia, PA 19147
(215) 767-0731

Chef Peter Woolsey
Bistrot la Minette
623 South 6th Street
Philadelphia, PA 19147
(215) 925-8000

Chef Jon Cichon
Lacroix at The Rittenhouse
210 West Rittenhouse Square
Philadelphia, PA 19103
(215) 925-8000

Chef David Salama
Creperie Beaumonde
624 South Sixth Street
Philadelphia, PA 19147
(215) 592-0656

Chef Lee Styer
Fond
1617 East Passyunk Ave.
Philadelphia, PA 19148
(215) 551-5000

Chef Sheri Waide
Southwark
701 South 4th Street
Philadelphia, PA 19147
(215) 238-1888

Chef Brad Spence
Amis Trattoria
412 S. 13th Street
Philadelphia, PA 19147
(215) 732-2647

Chef Paul Ferzacca
La Tour
122 East Meadow Drive
Vail, CO 81657
(970) 476-4403

Chef Andy Schneider
le Rêve Café
7610 Harwood Avenue
Wauwatosa, WI 53213
(414) 778-3333

Chef Jeff Pfeiffer
Bistro Niko at The Sovereign
3344 Peachtree Road NE
Atlanta, GA 30326
(404) 261-6456

Past Coverage:

Philadelphia has a taste for escargot and foie gras
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