If you are traveling to Walla Walla, WA over the Holiday Season, you may want to contact Andrae Bopp about la porte brune. You can probably contact him through Dusted Valley Winery. In the mean time, here is some more information for you to ponder.

our ethos
La Porte Brune, has come forth from passion, not from obsession. In a day when the culinary unenlightened are herding to troughs of food at chains and uninspired local restaurants in a fervor for quantity over quality, La Porte Brune wants to reset the “American Way” by bringing the art of dining back to the culinary enlightened.

In a world of frozen, pre-cooked, pre-portioned and and “I don’t care where my meal comes from as long as it is big and cheap”, we intend to slow it down a little. Food truly “farm to table”, simple in approach, refined in flavor and with every plate prepared with a passion for the ingredient rather then the almighty dollar.

If this is describes your perfect meal well then, you have stepped through the right door.

These meals will be presented in a tasting format and family style. They will move from location to location, never stopping at the same place twice. You will sit at communal tables and share your experiences with friends and strangers alike, all coming together over the perfect union of food and wine.

Those brave souls on the list will receive an e-mail detailing the night’s events. You will be given the address a few nights prior to the event, not before. Prepayment is required. No bill will be presented.

So, what do you think? Tell us your thoughts, suggestions, concerns. Whatever you would like to share about the ethos of la porte brune, we want to hear. Leave your comments below (on our web site at La Porte Brune Website). Thanks!

And if you have the inkling, here is an email I received from Andrae.

You have been chosen to receive this email as it has been determined that you are a FOODIE!

So with that out of the way, you are personally invited to La Porte Brune’s 1st Underground Dinner, for those that need help, reading between the lines, Andrae(Yes that Andrae from Andrae’s) is cooking and there are not a lot of seats. This dinner will happen on January 23rd, 2010 at a yet to be disclosed location in Walla Walla, Washington. There are only 20 seats available for the first dinner, though if the demand is high or exceeds our limit we could add a second night on Sunday the 24th, but don’t count on it. Sign up on the menu page and purchase your dinner passes ahead of time on the La Porte Brune website. No numbers to call, no favors to cash in, just the first 20 peeps that sign up (at La Porte Brune Website). The dinner will be 5 courses paired with wines of the world. The menu will be posted in the next few weeks!

See you soon in the Deuce!

If you can make it, it will be well worth the time. Cheers!