Z Food & Drink restaurant at 860 Elm Street in Manchester is featuring a new Fall Tasting Menu every Tuesday and Wednesday from 4:30 to 9:30 p.m., unless their is an event at the Verizon Wireless Arena. The tasting includes four courses and features New Hampshire produce and meats from local farms, including Misty Knolls Farm in New Haven, VT; Miles Smith Farm in Loudon; and Nesenkeag Farm in Litchfield. At $35 a head, the four courses include soup (Spicy French Red Pumpkin); an appetizer (Blue Hokkaido Squash Arancinis - stuffed risotto balls, fontina cheese, sage crème fraiche, pumpkin seeds, apple chips); a choice of a signature entree (Misty Knolls Farm Turkey Breast maple brine, Miles Smith Farm Top Sirloin Roast herb rubbed or Native Atlantic Cod apple cider braised - all served with butternut squash, a goat cheese tart, roasted red fingerling potatoes, or braised baby swiss chard); and dessert (a Pumpkin Whoopie Pie). If you’ve never been to Z, Chef/Owner Tom Puskarich started his career at the Bedford Village Inn in the late 80s, and has also briefly been the cook at Villa Banca.

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