The Roger Smith Poetry Dinner With Brian Johnstone
Posted on 10. Feb, 2011 by danikadruttman in Art at Roger Smith, Arts, Events
By Danika Druttman
Brian Johnstone has been a good friend of ours, from afar until now, so we are delighted to have him with us this week at The Roger Smith Hotel, on our shores for his first time.
On Wednesday evening Sculptor/Poetry Afficionado/Roger Smith Hotel President, James Knowles, hosted a dinner party in honor of our Scottish poet friend. In The Solarium on the 16th floor, our longest dinner table was set for a culinary/auditory feast for 40 passionate and spirited poets and poetry lovers alike. We asked that all who join us, come armed with a poem to read or recite either for the camera, or the table over dinner and were all thrilled to find that our guests had embraced our terms and chosen a thoughtful, elegant, diverse selection of prose to share.
We kicked off the evening with drinks, while our Director of New Media (and excellent cameraman), John Birdsong egged people to share their poems with him and those in earshot. The recitals continued through dinner with gusto, prompted by a wonderful reading of selections of his own work by the guest of honor Brian Johnstone; followed by the New York based Scottish poet Alastair Reid. People intermittently performed their selected work, of both others and their own, all between chatting, getting to know each other, and talking poetry and art.
We had poetry from all four corner of the earth, in just as many languages, by Shakespeare, Edith Sodergran (Sweden), Pablo Neruda (Chile) and Duong Tuong (Vietnam), as well as compositions by our poet friends Elizabeth Torres, Graeme Bezanson, Megin Jiminez, Alice White and Jackie Clark.
The Compilation: Poetry Dinner February 2011
Daniel Mowles, Chef De Cuisine at Lily’s Restaurant was responsible for the wonderful menu. A feast it was!
The evening’s menu
Starter
Farmhouse Butternut Squash Soup
Entrée
Beef Fillet, Thyme, Demi Glaze
Cedar Plank Salmon, Lemon Zest, Dill
Sides
Roasted Baby Carrots, Criminni Mushrooms, Fingerling Potatoes, Sprouts
Saffron Rissotto, Parmesan, Chives
Dessert
The most delicious Apple Tart with Vanilla Ice Cream
We look forward to more celebrations of poetry and the spoken word here at The Roger Smith in 2011.
If you are interested in hearing more about our art, music and spoken word programming please click HERE
Chef Daniel Mowles in NY Magazine
Posted on 01. Feb, 2011 by AdamWallace in Lily's Restaurant
Daniel Mowles, our Chef de Cuisine at Lily’s Restaurant at the Roger Smith Hotel is feature in today’s NY Magazine “125 Valentines Gifts” for his new Brooklyn Hard Candy. His hand made candy company, which started 6 months ago, has been a big success so far and we are excited see it grow.
Video of Daniel Mowles
Chef Daniel Mowles of Lily’s @RSHotel Cooks Seared Duck Breast w/ Champagne Braised Cabbage @WilliamsSonoma (video)
Posted on 06. Jan, 2011 by Birdsong in Hotel, Lily's Restaurant
2 long island duck breast
1 savoy cabbage
1 yellow onion
1 sprig thyme
½ bottle champagne
Pistachios
Breakfast radishes
Honey
Chives
Directions
In sautee pan sweat sliced yellow onions, sliced savoy cabbage, and thyme. Sautee till clear and then add Champagne and reduce by 2/3rds. Then add 2 cups stock or water and place lid on pot and cover and simmer for 30 mins. If it reduces to much add a little more water or stock. Season the duck breast with salt and pepper and place in sautee pan skin side down to sear. Render the skin for 10 mins till crispy and then flip the breast and sear again for 4 mins after that place in oven for 5 mins at 350F. Remove from oven and let rest for 15 mins covered with foil. Then begin to work on radishs and slice on mandoline paper thin in a circle disk shape. Place a small amount cabbage on plate then slice the duck breast and place on top of cabbage. Then garnish with sliced radish and pistachios. Then drizzle the plate with a little honey and some chopped chives.
Chef de Cuisine
Lily’s Resturant
Roger Smith Hotel
The Artists’ Salon, An Evening at The Roger Smith: A Recap
Posted on 12. Nov, 2010 by danikadruttman in Art at Roger Smith, Arts, Hotel
By Danika Druttman
Last Friday, friend of The Roger Smith Hotel, Catherine Eaton, hosted an Artist’s Salon. It was an exceptional evening with a thoughtfully curated group of creative minds, gathered in the Penthouse for food and wine tastings, artists’ showcases and colorful conversation.
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Catherine Eaton
Catherine also performed an extract from a piece she is writing and producing, about her great grandmother’s journey from England to Paraguay and eventually on to America. Clearly her life is a truly extraordinary story, and as you hear from the audio, you can literally hear Catherine channeling her great grandmother, it was fantastic! http://www.stirproductions.net/
Jon Ehrenberg
Jon Ehrenberg’s focus is works-on-paper and video installation. On Friday Jon showed a video piece, Inspired by Gogol’s “The Nose”, the short animated film has this dream like quality, contemplative, and really touching. What started with giggles in the beginning with the loss of the nose in the bowl, soon came to an end as the story guided us gently towards a more sophisticated understanding of the work. It would be fair to say, the entire audience was spellbound for the entire 7 minutes. http://www.jonathanehrenberg.com/
Daniel Mowles and Juan Micieli-Martinez (food and wine)
Daniel Mowles, Lily’s Chef De Cuisine at The Roger Smith Hotel was the evening’s featured chef. He created an exquisite tasting menu specifically for the evening, specifically intended to be paired with the expertly selected wines from Martha Clara Vineyard, and introduced by their head winemaker, Juan Micieli-Martinez. http://www.marthaclaravineyards.com/ http://www.rslilys.com/
What we ate:
Black Truffle Celery Root Soup with Jumbo Lump Crab
Roast Golden Beets with Fresh Goats Cheese, Pomegranate Molasses and Micro Greens
Long Island Duck Breast with Braised Red Cabbage, Broccoli Rabe and Orange Essence Demi Glaze
Pistachio Dark Chocolate Gelato with Candy Pumpkin and Gold Leaf
What we drank:
Martha Clara 2009 Chardonnay
Martha Clara 2009 Sauvignon Blanc
Martha Clara 2007 Merlot
Martha Clara 2004 Brut Rose (my favorite)
Felicity Hogan
Felicity Hogan, a Brit with 15 years of New York on her side, is an arts administrator, curator, but was with us at the salon to talk about her work as an artist. She gave insight into the two week residency for New York City art workers she was invited be a part of over the Summer of 2010. As she described her artistic process and the importance of dialogue in and around her work, it was fitting that Felicity also laid out her paintings for us to see as she talked. http://www.felicityhogan.com/
Shiau-uen Ding
We also had a piano performance by Shiau-uen Ding. She is a wonderfully imaginative and physically vivacious performer, she uses more than just the keys, pedals and her fingers to make music…a real treat to watch her at work. http://shiauuending.com/
Peter Cobb
A clip of the performance by the Saxophonist, Peter Cobb. Not only was his performance simply beautiful, (taking place in The Penthouse, it could have come straight out of a movie scene) but the tale of his journey from impressionable child to Attorney in Law to Sax virtuoso, is an excellent one.http://petercobbjazz.blogspot.com/
A full list of the Artists who showed their work at the salon (all NYFA Boot Camp 2010 participants):
Sydnie Mosley (dance/choreography)
Jonathan Ehrenberg (video)
Catherine Eaton (actor/writer)
Daniel Mowles (chef de cuisine, lily’s restaurant)
Peter Cobb (sax)
Felicity Hogan (painter)
Shiau-uen Ding (piano)
Juan Eduardo Micieli-Martinez (head winemaker martha clara vineyards)
Isabel Sadurni (filmmaker/scriptwriter)
Ryan Murdock (slide/soundscape)
Michelle Jaffe (sculpture)
Stefanie Dworkin (photos on exhibit)
Having Fun And Trying Lily’s New Fall Lunch Menu
Posted on 21. Oct, 2010 by BrianSimpson in Hotel, Lily's Restaurant
When you mix a crisp day in NYC, a new Fall lunch menu and two people that love take pictures of everything – the end result is this:
Adam and Brian’s “Big Words” Lunch Review at Lily’s Restaurant.
Recently our Chef, Daniel Mowles, released his teams Fall lunch menu and we were excited to try it. We each started with the ‘soup of the day’ which happened to be Clam Chowder (pronounced Chowdah). Not to creamy, nicely seasoned, small potatoes, clams in every bite and fresh, warm rustic bread to clean the bowl! As a main course Adam enjoyed the Papperdelle Pasta, served with broccoli rabe, hen of the woods mushrooms, roasted shaved garlic and fresh pecorino romano cheese. I opted for the Market Salad which boasted house-made pickled root vegetables, roasted cauliflower, forest mushrooms, sliced breakfast radish and a vegetable puree dressing.
For dessert Jesus, our server and all around great guy, suggested the Five Spice Apple Tart. The smell alone of the spices, especially the cinnamon, were enough to prompt us to order a second!
To wash it all down an espresso and a cappuccino…
Next up – the dinner menu…and wine!
Special thanks for appearing in our post and making lunch enjoyable:
Kevin Gill – Restaurant Manager
Martha Rodriguez – Events Manager
Wilson – Server
Opur – Server Assistant
Jesus – Server
Manya Susoev – Twitter guest
Daniel Mowles on his new menu, pickles and experience
Posted on 20. Oct, 2010 by admin in Hotel, Lily's Restaurant
Recently, James Knowles sat down with Chef De Cuisine Daniel Mowles to talk with him about his new menus, food and experience. Here a a few clips that came from their discussion in front of the green screen.
On Lily’s new menu, Daniel Mowles
Daniel and pickles
Daniel talking on the experience
October 2010 In Lilys ~ New Beer, Wine & Food!
Posted on 20. Oct, 2010 by BrianSimpson in Henry's Roof Top, Hotel, Lily's Restaurant
A new season means an exciting new line-up of beer, food and wine here at lilys restaurant in the Roger Smith hotel. We have added some great, energetic team members to both the restaurant/bar and the kitchen. Please stop by and introduce yourself to restaurant managers Dawn, Kevin and Jeff (Jeff will most likely be in chef whites as the new kitchen manager). We will soon be launching a lilys website and will include full profiles and information there. Until then nothing beats the real thing so we look forward to seeing you soon for Happy Hour!
lily’s
501 lexington avenue @ 47th street
212 838 0844
lilys@rogersmith.com
henry’s our roof-top bar is open:
Monday-Friday 5-11pm
New menu and new wine list
Daniel Mowles and Jeff Farley have created a seasonally focused menu, bursting with local, authentic flavors that will delight our patrons. this will all be accompanied by a local, sustainable and organic wine list.
New cocktail list and happy hour specials lily’s
Dawn Slaughter and Kevin Gill have created a new cocktail list that is worth a visit… or two.
Reviving classics such as Sazerac and Parfait A’mour
Happy Hour is back!
Monday – Friday 5 – 7pm and 10 – Midnight
lily’s is celebrating October fest
The whole month of October, please come and enjoy Octoberfest beer, apfel strudel cocktail and sausage dinner with sauerkraut and potato salad in the evenings
The holiday season is around the corner –time to book your upcoming event
Let us tailor make your event – perfect location, perfect setting
Contact martha rodriguez at 212-583-3195 or
for more information and reservations for lily’s
call 212-838-0844 or email lilys@rogersmith.com
OpenTable Booking
Chef Daniel Mowles introduces…
Posted on 03. Jun, 2010 by Editor in Hotel, Lily's Restaurant
Daniel Mowles has developed a brand new Lunch Menu for the summer season at Lily’s Restaurant! Here’s a sneak peak at what’s waiting for all the hungry New Yorkers strolling down Lexington Avenue.
Drop by Lily’s to taste these fantastic dishes and the rest of the Lunch Menu!
#SocialMediaBacon @RShotel after the Audience Conference.
Posted on 09. Nov, 2009 by AdamWallace in Hotel, Lily's Restaurant
“If there was a god of bacon, it lives at the Roger Smith Hotel.” – Chris Brogan.
After the Audience Conference on Nov. 6 2009 a crowd of social media enthusiasts gathered at the Roger Smith Hotel. For those of you who do not know, If you tweet you location and food while you are @ the Roger Smith Hotel #SocialMediaBacon @RShotel, you will receive a free order of bacon. The bacon @RShotel is specifically cut to the perfect thickness for your enjoyment. Make sure you ask about Social Media Bacon, when you are at Lily’s in the Roger Smith Hotel.
Announcing the Pre-Theater Menu at Lily’s Restaurant
Posted on 26. Oct, 2009 by AdamWallace in Hotel, Lily's Restaurant
We are very happy to announce a new pre-theater menu in Lily’s Restaurant at the Roger Smith Hotel prepared by Chef Daniel Mowles.
The menu will be offered Monday – Saturday 5-7pm.
pre-theater dinner
3 course prix fixe $30
Incl. a glass of wine or beer
appetizer
grilled caesar salad
romaine lettuce, white anchovies, parmesan
french onion soup
caramelized onions, gruyere cheese
entrée
chicken pot pie
a classic!
pumpkin and sage ravioli
herb and parmesan cream
salmon
half seared salmon, mediterranean orzo
dessert
brownie a la mode
served with vanilla bean ice cream
