Much to her own surprise - Samsom somehow became a culinary artist /style icon with decades of experience in New York’s downtown scene - known as ‘the dumpling diva’ using food as fodder - occasionally resulting in hilarious story telling. Originality, maybe even wit, transformed some of these events into adventures that guests couldn’t stop reminiscing about.
1985 began with The Kitchen Club as ‘underground' salon in the E.Village w menu on the answering machine - in 1990 it moved above ground to the corner of Prince/Mott street - where it eventually became a gesamtkunstwerk.
Currently co-laborating with a ghostwriter on her next book, reminiscing about those larger then life guests & hard to believe nites, under the table snapshots..plus a few delicious recipes.
email: kc@thekitchenclub.com
instagram @thekitchenclubandchibisbar
The Kitchen Club & Chibis Bar attracted a local and international clientele - serving European cuisine with Japanese twists - cooking with beautiful tasty organic vegetables supplied by Lisa & Mark- Mountain Dell Farm .
The Kitchen Club at times a nightly salon, creative anchor for independent art & music scene - with a historical intersection, permanently recorded in the official credits of High Art - Lisa Cholodenko’s 1998 feature film .
Sunday nite’s magic music- in Chibis Bar - performed live by Nicole Renaud or Rachelle Garniez .
The menu included a superior selection of savory or delicious dessert dumplings - a big hit when the restaurant began offering sunday afternoon ‘Dumplings as Storytelling’ classes.
After its 20th anniversary celebration in 2010, the Dumpling Diva opened her golden cage and flew out singing, in pursuit of new adventures …
@thekitchenclubandchibisbar
Radio Show Cooking Up a Storm
