Urban Light Hosts Pop-Up Thai Dinner at Wit & Wisdom for #GivingTuesday, Dec. 1

Like the 30s are the new 20s, pop-up meals are the new dining experience. But this #GivingTuesday there’s an especially important pop-up dinner in Baltimore.
 

Chef Zack Mills has partnered with Alezandra Russell of Urban Light, an organization dedicated to empowering boys in need in Thailand, to host a collaborative chef pop-up dinner at Wit & Wisdom. Two other locally known and well-regarded chefs, Tim Dyson and Cyrus Keefer, along with Pastry Chef Dyan Ng, will join Mills to support the cause and create a Five-Course Thai Dinner with dessert and wine pairings on Tuesday, December 1, with all proceeds benefitting Urban Light.  
 

The Asian-influenced cuisine, plus wine pairings, will include:
 

First Course, Zachary Mills

Chicken Larb Gai, little gem lettuce, chili, mint, cucumber paired with Chanrion ‘Effervescence’ Brut – Rhône, France
 

Second Course, Cyrus Keefer

Squid Pad Thai, sweet pork sausage, asian pear, pine nuts, cilantro paired with Kesseler ‘R’ Riesling Kabinett – Pfalz, Germany 2013
 

Third Course, Timothy Dyson

Tamarind Lacquered Pork, charred mushroom salad, sour chili sauce, crispy pork skin paired with Vinoterra Kisi – Kakheti, Republic of Georgia 2012
 

Fourth Course, Zachary Mills

Roasted Duck Breast, crispy rice cake, red curry, lychee, thai basil paired with Analemma Gewürztraminer – Columbia Gorge, Washington 2012
 

Fifth Course, Dyan Ng

Coconut with Mango paired with El Maestro Sierra Amontillado 12 yr, Orgeat, Killepitsch, sherry vinegar