Category Archives: Piranha Club

Piranha Club: Xaymaca/Queens

  Wow, where to begin? The NY debut of the Piranha Club was fittingly, the most intense dinner we’ve ever done. Our trip up the Hudson to procure beaver meat is most likely the best entry point into this story… I’m a big fan of of Baron Ambrosia, the self-styled “Quaffer of Culinary Consciousness” and “Culinary […]
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The Piranha Club ~with Paul Anthony Smith~ presents: Xaymaca/ Queens

Saturday March 28th   At Knockdown Center 52-19 Flushing Ave, Queens, New York 11378     Tickets on sale February 28th. BUY TICKETS HERE     On March 28th, Chef Eric will team up with artist Paul Anthony Smith, who is a tremendous cook and intrepid eater. The duo have been challenging each other to a […]
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Eric & Mike’s Christmas Carp Migration

Eric & Mike are out here to reassess how we look an invader in the eye, find a compromise, and recuperate their bad name. That name is carp and Mike’s people grilled it up on the shores of the Tigris River and my people fried it up for a Christmas feast. But this is America, […]
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12/12: Piranha Club X Enemy Kitchen present: Eric & Mike’s Christmas Carp Migration

Friday, December 12th, 7PM 1034 N Milwaukee Ave.     Throughout Central & Eastern Europe, carp is king of the Christmas dinner table, whether sauteed with a dark beer in Berlin, fried crisp and served with potato salad in Prague, or presented as the center piece of a 12 course, meatless spread in Warsaw. In […]
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The Piranhas Do The Sopranos

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10/26: The Piranhas Do The Sopranos

    Sunday October 26th, 6PM at Roots & Culture 1034 N Milwaukee Ave.     From 5th Century Rome to late 90’s New Jersey, the Piranhas have been on a bit of Italian kick in 2014. With the recent announcement that Tony Soprano is still alive, we’d argue that this legendary show has never […]
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Piranha Club: Apicius

      Had a blast pulling together this Apicius menu with Matt Zatkoff. With such vague recipes (mainly lists of ingredients in this ancient tome), there was a lot of room for interpretation. Fortunately, I do think we captured the essence of this 1600+ year old cookery, I was told that the food “tasted […]
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4/12: Piranha Club: Apicius

  April XII, 7PM @ Roots & Culture 1034 N Milwaukee Ave. The Piranha Club cooks from Apicius Apicius is a collection of Roman cookery recipes, usually thought to have been compiled in the late 4th or early 5th century AD. Though impossible to prove a connection, the book is attributed to fabled Roman gourmand, Marcus Gavius Apicius. […]
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Piranha Club: 2 Chainz #MEALtime

On March 1st, 2014, the Piranha Club served a dinner of recipes from 2 Chainz’s .pdf cookbook #MEALtime    
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3/1: Piranha Club on 2 CHAINZ #MEALTIME

  2 CHAINZ DOESN’T WRITE DOWN HIS MUSIC, IT FLOWS NATURALLY FROM HIS MIND. FOLLOW 2 CHAINZ, AND FEEL FREE TO FREESTYLE YOUR COOKING UNTIL YOU (AND WHOEVER’S EATING ALONGSIDE YOU) ENJOY IT. March 1st, 7 PM @ Roots & Culture 1034 N Milwaukee Ave. The Piranha Club cooks recipes from 2 Chainz’ #MEALTIME cookbook. Special […]
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