Just as our talented Chef de Cuisine Mark Purdy and Sous Chef James Ash can’t stop themselves from creating new dishes, our Resident Mixologist Patrick Trundle can’t stop inventing one-of-a-kind cocktails. It seems every week, Patrick is adding yet another unique cocktail recipe to our Summer Cocktail list at Alizé (and at Andre’s in the [...]
Contrary to popular belief, Alizé Chef de Cuisine Mark Purdy does not spend 24 hours a day in the kitchen. He does, however, eat, drink and sleep all things food. From early morning to late at night, André Rochat’s award-winning Chef is working on new ideas and perfecting every dish to ensure a rapturous [...]
When it comes to today’s take on wedding cakes, we all know that brides are adding wedding cupcakes to the mix. In many cases, brides will do a smaller main cake, and then supply a mix of cupcakes for their guests. All well and good but, somehow, when you put that idea in our Pastry [...]
After decades of organizing group dinners, receptions and celebrations, our Sales Director Jana Lane Southard decided it was high time someone break with tradition. For many years, we have offered the ability to choose between three ready-made group menus, and these menus have happily coddled the palettes of thousands of people who have come [...]
If you haven’t noticed lately, a great number of Pinot Noirs are popping up in the Great Northwest of these United States, particularly in Newberg, Oregon, and surrounding towns. Referred to as the Willamette Valley, this area’s consistent rainfall, chilly nights and rich clay-loam soil gives the Pinot grape just the coddling it needs to [...]
