'Food Coma' Spotlights Bresca; Benefit Dinner At Tao

ARTS DISTRICT — The latest iteration of Food Coma TV will be premiered at Space Gallery on Sunday at 7 p.m. "The Food Coma Show" stars Joe Ricchio and guests, including rapper Spose and Olympic skier Julie Parisien, dining and drinking at Bresca. Ricchio told The Portland Press Herald that the show is loosely based on Jon Favreau's "Dinner For Five" but that for Food Coma, the discussion will be 70 percent about the food, 30 percent other topics. Admission is $5 and "there are art installations in case people get tired of watching me get drunk," Ricchio said. [PPH]

BRUNSWICK — Tao restaurant will host a "Fish it Forward" sustainable seafood dinner to benefit the Gulf of Maine Research Institute on Tues. Nov. 13. There will be two seatings: 5:30 and 8 p.m. Attendance is limited to 40 guests; the cost for the six-course dinner is $80 per person, $120 with wine pairings. [EaterWire]

[Photo: Chef Krista Kern Desjarlais at Bresca/ShermansTravel.com]

Amuse Bouche
Oysters and yuzu gelee
First
Smoked mackerel salad with house pickled vegetables
Second
Pan seared scallops with X.O. butter, sunshine squash espuma, pomegranates
Third
Green curry Bangs Island mussels, grilled Standard baguette
Fourth
Butter-poached lobster tail, coulotte steak, tamarind beef jus, inoki mushrooms, Thai basil, mint, cilantro, bell peppers
Finish
Flourless chocolate cake, morello cherries, toasted coconut gelato

Menu subject to change based on availability.