{"id":16715,"date":"2017-03-16T08:00:54","date_gmt":"2017-03-16T15:00:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/archives.csusm.edu\/westcoastersd\/?p=16715"},"modified":"2017-03-16T09:29:45","modified_gmt":"2017-03-16T16:29:45","slug":"new-chef-menu-cans-at-the-cork-craft","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archives.csusm.edu\/westcoastersd\/2017\/03\/16\/new-chef-menu-cans-at-the-cork-craft\/","title":{"rendered":"New chef, menu, cans at The Cork & Craft"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Duo of Colorado lamb at The Cork & Craft in Rancho Bernardo<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

In less than two years, The Cork and Craft <\/strong><\/a>has established itself as one of inland North County\u2019s best restaurants. The food and ambience are enough that it would be a draw even without its onsite winery and brewery. Those amenities\u2014particularly Abnormal Beer Company<\/strong><\/a>\u2014are tremendous value-addeds, particularly when their wares are incorporated into special pairing dinners featuring guest chefs, vintners and breweries.<\/p>\n

C&C opened with adventurous chef Phillip Esteban<\/strong> at the helm. He made such a name for himself, both in RB and at the many offsite events he participated in\u2014that he was hired away by powerhouse bar-and-restaurant entity Consortium Holdings <\/strong><\/a>to serve as its culinary research-and-development mastermind. His departure left big clogs to fill at C&C, but current executive chef Scott Cannon<\/strong> has been on the job for three months and is turning out solid cuisine that might even be better suited for the tastes of RB denizens.<\/p>\n

Dishes remain intelligent, but are a bit easier for the average diner to get their head around. They\u2019re less fussy but just as flavorful. And in some cases, even more flavorful. A prime example is a seemingly simple salad of raw and grilled endive. It\u2019s the only first-course greenery I\u2019ve felt deserving of must-try status, but it\u2019s perfection on a plate. Spiced pecans bring in a gingerbread-like flavor segueing beautifully with the sweetness of cider-like vanilla-poached pears complement and Moody Blue goat cheese contrasts. On the opposite end of the spectrum is a breakfast-for-dinner starter, seared foie gras over French toast with a fried quail egg and nasturtium. The toast is golden and not the least bit soggy while the edible flowers serve a purpose by lending a touch of balancing bitterness.<\/p>\n

A Colorado lamb entr\u00e9e features nicely cooked chops, but the star of the plate are tender agnolotti stuffed with tender braised shoulder-meat. It\u2019s an edible education in what al dente pasta should feel like. Other dishes like a Hamachi crudo appetizer served with a shishito pepper relish as well as scallops with meaty king trumpet mushrooms (and, oddly, more shishito peppers) lack the wow-factor of the previously mentioned recipes in Cannon\u2019s current canon, but they\u2019re in keeping with fare offered at C&C from day one.<\/p>\n

Back on the beer-front, Abnormal is set to release its first two canned beers at a release-party this Saturday, March 18<\/strong> starting at 11 a.m.<\/strong> at C&C. Both of those aluminum-clad brews are hazy (AKA: New England-style or Vermont-style) India pale ales. The first is New Money IPA, a juicy, 7% alcohol-by-volume (ABV) offering massively dry-hopped with Amarillo and Simcoe, followed by its industrial-strength cousin, Turbidity, an 8.5% ABV\u00a0double IPA brewed with Mosaic and Idaho 7, that pours\u00a0thicker than the average hop-bomb. Both beers will be sold in four-packs and dishes from the restaurant\u2019s bar-menu will be available.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In less than two years, The Cork and Craft has established itself as one of inland North County\u2019s best restaurants. The food and ambience are enough that it would be a draw even without its onsite winery and brewery. Those amenities\u2014particularly Abnormal Beer Company\u2014are tremendous value-addeds, particularly when their wares are incorporated into special pairing […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":16723,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[367,368,369,1],"tags":[1353,1674,376,3752,1195,1675,391,1717,3751,3750,3757,1119,1739,2483,3755,3753,3537,1093,1764,1439,3749,3754,3756],"class_list":{"0":"post-16715","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-beer-events","8":"category-beer-news","9":"category-beer-styles","10":"category-san-diego-beer-beverage-news","11":"tag-sdbeer","12":"tag-abnormal-beer","13":"tag-beer","14":"tag-colorado-lamb","15":"tag-consortium-holdings","16":"tag-cork-and-craft","17":"tag-craftbeer","18":"tag-derek-gallanosa","19":"tag-endive","20":"tag-foie-gras","21":"tag-hazy-ipa","22":"tag-hops","23":"tag-india-pale-ale","24":"tag-indiebeer","25":"tag-new-england-ipa","26":"tag-new-money-ipa","27":"tag-phillip-esteban","28":"tag-rancho-bernardo","29":"tag-rb","30":"tag-san-diego","31":"tag-scott-cannon","32":"tag-turbidity","33":"tag-vermont-style","34":"entry"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/archives.csusm.edu\/westcoastersd\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/lamb.jpg?fit=1000%2C1170&ssl=1","wps_subtitle":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pdtr4y-4lB","jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/archives.csusm.edu\/westcoastersd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16715","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/archives.csusm.edu\/westcoastersd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/archives.csusm.edu\/westcoastersd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archives.csusm.edu\/westcoastersd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archives.csusm.edu\/westcoastersd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16715"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/archives.csusm.edu\/westcoastersd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16715\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archives.csusm.edu\/westcoastersd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16723"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/archives.csusm.edu\/westcoastersd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16715"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archives.csusm.edu\/westcoastersd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16715"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archives.csusm.edu\/westcoastersd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16715"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}