LeoS wrote:
> Last weekend, my wife and I were doing the tourist thing in the Hyde
> Park, NY, area and had dinner at one of the Culinary Institute of
> America's restaurants. The CIA has several restaurants open to the
> public, but only two are open for dinner, the American Bounty and the
> Escoffier. We ate at the American Bounty.
>
> As with all their restaurants, the cooking is done by students (with
> instructor supervision). The wait staff are also students. The
> American Bounty looks and feels like a high-class restaurant, although
> the prices are quite reasonable; see the menu at http://www.ciachef.edu/restaurants/bounty/.
> In fact, I was told that Roth Hall, where the restaurant is located,
> is a former monastery, and you could see that if you used your
> imagination.

Yes, it was. Have you read Michael Ruhlman's "The Making of a Chef" ??
You have a very full dinner! I can see why that menu was in The American
Bounty restaurant. Do you recall the cost? Did they (were they able) to
suggest wine pairings for the meal?
Have you ever eaten at another of their restaurants?
Thanks for the report!