Help 86 Hunger With Naha and the Greater Chicago Food Depository

By Anthony Todd in Food on Oct 28, 2011 4:00PM

Every year, restaurants and chefs team up with the Greater Chicago Food Depository to help "86 Hunger." This year, they need the help more than ever. As we learned last month, there are almost 900,000 food insecure people in Cook County - in some neighborhoods, as much as 30% of the population is food insecure. If you want to make your charitable donation go a very long way, buy a ticket for the 86 Hunger dinner - the GFCD distributed 66 million pounds of food last year. Next Monday at Naha, Chef Carrie Nahabedian (a Chicagoist favorite) is cooking up an amazing meal - and you should be there.

We went to last year's 86 Hunger dinner at Naha, and it was easily one of the top 5 meals we ate in 2010. The menu this time looks better than ever.

First Course
Tarte Tatin” of Roasted Golden Delicious Apples, Crimson Raisins and Glazed Tropea Onions with a Salad of Curly Italian Frisee, shaved Pleasant Ridge Reserve Cheese and Anise Seed Syrup

Second Course
Great Lakes Whitefish with a “Fondant” of Rutabaga, Spaghetti Squash, Beluga Lentils and Delicata Squash

Third Course
Braised Mishima Ranch “Kobe” Wagyu Beef Brisket, Slab Bacon “Shards” crusted with Burton’s Maple Syrup, Buttered Spence Farm Wheatberries, Hubbard Squash and Golden Chantrelles

There will also be passed appetizers and cocktails to start, wine pairings, dessert - the whole nine yards, all in Naha's beautiful dining room. The 86 Hunger dinners have been selling out - but there are still a few seats left. Buy them now - tickets are $150.