Dinner with Father Leo, 6:30 pm Sept. 23; $70

Dine on "Land, Sea, Air Paella" and "Chicken Adobo" with Father Leo Patalinghug, a gourmet chef, Catholic priest and author of a new cookbook, at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 23.

Father Leo, who beat Iron Chef Bobby Flay in a "throwdown," will showcase his recipdes in a five-course dinner with paired wines in the Fourth Estate Restaurant. The dinner, including an hors d'ouevres reception and five wines, costs $70 for members and $93 for non-members inclusive of tax and gratuity.

The cookbook, "Grace Before Meals," aims to add a gourmet touch to the family dinner. Books will available for purchase, and Father Leo will sign them.

The menu:

Hors d’ouevres: Monte Crisco sandwiches, cola pork skewers, pumpkin and ricotta wonton-olis, meatballs in creamy vodka sauce

First course: Ramen salad with grilled corn and scallions
2008 Dr. Wagner Okfener Bocksten Reisling Kabinett

Second course: Seared Ahi tuna with eggplant
2009 Chateau Trinquevedel Tavel Rose, Rhone France

Third course: Land, sea, air paella
2007 Bergstrom Pinot Noir Shea Vineyard

Fourth course: Chicken adobo
2007 Weingut Prager Gruner Veltliner Smaragd Leibenberg

Dessert: Breakfast berries over pound cake
2006 Campbells Rutherglen Muscat

Reservations are required at 202-662-7638 or [email protected]

-- Donna Leinwand, [email protected]