Share Our Strength’s Taste of the Nation® is the nation’s premier culinary benefit, featuring top chefs and mixologists — all of whom are coming together to donate their time, talent and passion to end childhood hunger in America.
For the fourth year in a row, Casa Dragones hosted what has become known as the premier closing party of the Aspen Food & Wine Classic. This year, the culinary industry’s finest joined together in celebration of the first batch of Casa Dragones Blanco at the Dancing Bear Rooftop and danced the night away to a spectacular set by DJ Rawdon.
Mixologist Jim Meehan of PDT and Sean Kenyon ofWilliams & Graham commanded the bar, crafting three signature Casa Dragones Blanco cocktails: La Sandía Picante, La Batanga Alpino, and the San Miguel. Notable guests included chefs Marcus Samuelsson (Red Rooster, Harlem), Michael Chiarello (Coqueta, SF), Scott Conant (Scarpetta), Jonathan Waxman (Barbuto, NY), Ming Tsai (host of East Meets West on the Food Network), George Mendes (Aldea, NY), Curtis Stone (Maude, LA), Paul Kahan (Blackbird, Chicago), and beverage luminaries such as mixologist Dave Arnold (Booker & Dax, NY).
As a special treat, guests also enjoyed an exceptional selection of oysters, hand-selected to be paired with Casa Dragones Joven Sipping Tequila by Chef Adam Christopher Norwig of Aspen’s Caribou Club.
You can also check out the photo booth pictures here and the Facebook album here. Let the countdown to next year begin!
It’s only fitting that the late artist Cy Twombly’s first exhibit in Latin America be showcased inside Mexico City’s Museo Jumex, Latin America’s largest private collection of contemporary art.
Organized by Fundación Jumex and curated by Julie Sylvester and Philip Larratt-Smith, Cy Twombly: Paradise is a comprehensive exhibition of more than sixty of Twombly’s works from 1951 to 2011, including several pieces that will be displayed for the first time.
A warm, New York summer night became the ideal backdrop for our second jamming session celebrating the first batch of Casa Dragones Blanco hosted by Co-Founders Bertha González Nieves and Bob Pittman aboard the Freedom Yacht. Restored to perfection, the sister ship of the U.S.S. Sequoia Presidential Yacht is an elegant 1930’s yacht that shares our passion for craftsmanship.
Taking inspiration from musical jamming sessions, world class chefs and bartenders were teamed up to create spontaneous cocktails, using one constant ingredient: Casa Dragones Blanco. Inspired by its refined taste and crisp notes, the teams crafted innovative cocktails using fresh, seasonal produce and specialty ingredients.
Pioneers in molecular gastronomy; Mexico’s Chef Enrique Olvera of the restaurant Pujol and mixologist Dave Arnold of Booker & Dax took to the bar to craft the Cilantro Margarita; a new take on the traditional cocktail, with an innovative twist using liquid nitrogen.
Frank Falcinelli and Frank Castronovo from New York’s restaurant Frankies Spuntino and Sasha Petraske from Milk & Honey teamed up to craft the Freedom Charter, a cocktail using muddled nectarines complimented by lime juice and Aleppo pepper.
James Beard Award winner and mastermind of Please Don’t Tell (PDT), Jim Meehan joined Chef Jamie Bissonnette from Coppa to take on the traditional Rebujito, elevating it with a made on-site lemon balm syrup and sherry.
The atmosphere on board was electrifying and filled with creativity and inspiration. Guests partied into the night and enjoyed these new and unique Casa Dragones Blanco cocktails.
How can you make the #1 City in the World even better? Just add art.
Renowned street artists let loose, creating one-of-a-kind artworks along the cobblestone streets our historic hometown, featuring a larger than life mural from Eduardo Kobra, visible for a limited time only.
