A Mother’s Day Celebration
A mother’s love will never end it’s there from beginning to end. Thank’s Mom!
Sunday, May 8, 2022 • 1 – 7 pm
In the United States, Mother’s Day started nearly 150 years ago when Anna Jarvis, an Appalachian homemaker, organized a day to raise awareness of poor health conditions in her community… a cause she believed would be best advocated by mothers. She called it “Mother’s Work Day.”
Fifteen years later, Julia Ward Howe, a Boston poet, pacifist, suffragist, and author of the lyrics to the “Battle Hymn of the Republic,” organized a day encouraging mothers to rally for peace, since she believed women bore the loss of human life more harshly than men.
In 1905 when Anna Jarvis died, her daughter, also named Anna, began a campaign to memorialize the life work of her mother. Legend has it that young Anna remembered a Sunday school lesson that her mother gave in which she said, “I hope and pray that someone, sometime, will found a memorial mother’s day. There are many days for men, but none for mothers.”
Anna began to lobby prominent businessmen like John Wannamaker, and politicians including Presidents Taft and Roosevelt to support her campaign to create a special day to honor mothers. At one of the first services organized to celebrate Anna’s mother in 1908, at her church in West Virginia, Anna handed out her mother’s favorite flower, the white carnation. Five years later, the House of Representatives adopted a resolution calling for officials of the federal government to wear white carnations on Mother’s Day. In 1914 Anna’s hard work paid off when Woodrow Wilson signed a bill recognizing Mother’s Day as a national holiday.
Soup
Seasonal Asparagus Salsa Cruda, Ricotta Cheese Espuma
An amuse-bouche, brunoise of asparagus, and tomato seasoned with herb vinaigrette, topped with a ricotta cheese foam.
Soup a L’Oignon
French onion soup with toasted crouton and Gruyère cheese.
Homard Bisque, Fleuron
Rich lobster bisque, flavored with brandy and tarragon and topped with a fleuron.
Salad
Chez François Spring Spinach & Strawberry Salad
Erie county spring spinach salad tossed with champagne vinaigrette dressing with sweet pickled Bermuda red onions and seasonal strawberries.
Entrées
Florida Hog Snapper Filet, Golden Delicious Apple Bénédictine Butter Sauce
Hog snapper filet, lightly-breaded with almond flour and topped with an apple Bénédictine butter sauce.
Roasted Frenched Chicken Breast, Basilic & Louisiana Shrimp
A roasted frenched chicken breast, with toasted pine nuts, Parmigiano-Reggiano cheese, and a basil-infused herb butter sauce served over an herb risotto, topped with Louisiana shrimp.
Seared California Duck Breast, Cherry Glace de Viande
Lightly peppered duck breast, served with plump raisins, sun-dried cherries, topped with Montrachet goat cheese, sauced with a Frangelico duck glace, with a hazelnut sweet yam cake, sweet yam curl.
Filet de Boeuf, Hickory Smoked Cabernet Sauvignon Wild Mushroom Sauce
Grilled filet of aged beef served over an herb risotto topped with seasonal hickory-smoked wild mushroom sauce with spring vegetables, garnished with a Parmigiano-Reggiano cheese crisp.
Desserts
White Chocolate Mousse Torte, Cherries François
A white génoise cake filled with chocolate mousse torte topped with chocolate gananche, served with marinated California cherries in a Port wine sauce.
Delarobi Fruit Tart, Madagascar French Vanilla Bean Ice Cream
A fruit tart filled with an almond frangipane topped with pastry cream with seasonal strawberries blackberries and raspberries topped with Chantilly cream, French vanilla bean ice cream, berry coulis.
$90 per person Tax & Gratuity not included
