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    Playing with Fire - Echelon at Peasant

    A collaborative wood-fired dinner at Peasant by Marc Forgione, with Marc Forgione and Joseph VanWagner focusing on Michigan's natural bounty.

    New York CityPeasant by Marc Forgione

    About the event

    A guest-chef dinner built around fire

    Playing with Fire - Echelon sits within Chef Marc Forgione's collaborative guest chef series at Peasant. The series is centered on open-flame cooking at the restaurant's wood-fired hearth, so the defining format here is a guest-chef dinner built around that cooking method.

    The dinner is described as a collaboration between chefs Marc Forgione and Joseph VanWagner. Forgione is listed as chef and owner of Peasant, while VanWagner is listed as executive chef and partner of Echelon Kitchen & Bar.

    What the menu direction centers on

    The program focuses on Michigan's natural bounty and is described as a collaborative wood-fired dinner. Specific dishes are not named here, so the most useful way to understand the event is by its stated regional focus and its open-flame cooking format.

    That framing connects Echelon Kitchen & Bar to Peasant's Playing with Fire series through both subject and technique: a Michigan-focused dinner presented through the series' wood-fired, open-flame structure at Peasant.

    Place and timing

    The event is hosted at Peasant by Marc Forgione, a restaurant in New York City. The venue address is 194 Elizabeth St, New York, NY 10012.

    The event is scheduled for a short listed window on its event date, with a start and end time recorded for the same evening. Exact timing details should be read from the event details shown alongside this page.

    Frequently asked questions

    What is the dinner described as?

    It is described as a collaborative wood-fired dinner highlighting Michigan's natural bounty.

    How does the Playing with Fire series frame the format?

    The series is Chef Marc Forgione's collaborative guest chef series at Peasant, centered on open-flame cooking at the restaurant's wood-fired hearth.

    Which chefs are involved?

    Marc Forgione and Joseph VanWagner are the featured chefs; Forgione is chef and owner of Peasant, and VanWagner is executive chef and partner of Echelon Kitchen & Bar.

    Where is the event hosted?

    It is hosted at Peasant by Marc Forgione, a restaurant at 194 Elizabeth St in New York City.

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