Inside Top Chef Meets the Instant Pot
The Northwest Passages Book Club created a pop up restaurant at the newspaper with Instant Pots for a feast with Spokane chef Chad White and best-selling cookbook author Laurel Randolph.
The idea
Prepare a four-course, fine-dining experience for our readers. The chefs did it live -- and used pressure cookers to create gourmet food fast.
The result
Each course was accompanied by narration by the chefs, video stories on giant screens and live jazz tunes courtesy of Hot Club of Spokane. Guests raved. No one was told to pack their knives!
Meet the Chef and Author
Read the Stories
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Chef’s grand idea goes in the pot … the Instant Pot
Spokane chef Chad White thought it would be fun to prepare a four-course, fine-dining experience using just an Instant Pot. So he’ll do it live for the Northwest Passages Book Club, with help from best-selling Instant Pot cookbook author Laurel Randolph. | Read more »
The Instant Pot meets fine dining – for a good cause
The evening’s guests will savor a gourmet feast cooked right in front of them and displayed on three large video boards across the room. They’ll also learn tips and tricks for using an Instant Pot at home. | Read more »Watch the Videos
First course
Pumpkin soup, pickled mushrooms and seed gremolata
Second course
Steamed halibut, white bean and chorizo stew
Third course
Beef barbacoa, mole madre, sesame and cilantro
Fourth course
Chocolate-spiced flan with coconut gelato
Try this at home
Instant pot 101
Learn more about a great cause
Second Harvest Food Bank
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