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A Taste of Home: 5 Recipes by Ballerina Melissa Hayden

Through the Ballet Cook Book Dinner Series — gatherings featuring meals made from recipes in Tanaquil Le Clercq’s cookbook — New York City Ballet soloist Antonio Carmena, baker extraordinaire Susan LaRosa, and I are embarking on a kind of time … Continue reading

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A Meal Fit for a Muse: Six Spectacular Recipes by New York City Ballet Legend Tanaquil Le Clercq

After hosting four dinner parties featuring only recipes published in The Ballet Cook Book (and following the recipes as written, often against our better judgment), my collaborators and I have learned to expect the occasional failed dish and amusing (in hindsight) culinary … Continue reading

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From Pas de Deux to Pâte à Chou: Dinner with Legendary Balanchine Ballerina Violette Verdy

When Lincoln Kirstein asked George Balanchine to move to the U.S. to start a ballet company, the young choreographer famously responded, “But first a school.” It was a savvy move for Balanchine. The School of American Ballet, after its founding … Continue reading

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A Midsummer Night’s Ballet Dinner: Feasting Al Fresco on Edward Villella’s Favorite Dishes

Thanks to the generosity of Susan LaRosa, the first three of my dinners with Antonio Carmena based on Tanaquil Le Clercq’s 1966 Ballet Cook Book have taken place at Susan’s brownstone in Brooklyn, which is equipped with an unusually large … Continue reading

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Down South with Diana Adams: The Second Installment of the Ballet Cook Book Dinner Series

In March, New York City Ballet soloist Antonio Carmena and I kicked off a series of dinners based on Tanaquil Le Clercq’s Ballet Cook Book with a menu of Russian recipes by George Balanchine, whose ballets marked the beginning of … Continue reading

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