Protein-Coupled Receptors and Protein-Crustacean Paella

And today’s 2012 Nobel Prize Award in Chemistry goes to Americans Robert Lefkowitz and Brian Kobilka. Their breakthrough scientific studies centered on proteins that let body cells respond to signals from the outside.

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And what kind of celebratory banquet is given for the Nobel Prize award recipients after they pick up their $1.2 million checks? Any seafood paella dishes in keeping with the Nobel Banquet guidelines that the menu should have a touch of Scandinavia?

The 2011 Nobel Prize gala banquet comes close. It featured protein-coupled Lobster, the delicious crustacean known around the world as the epitome of class and culinary sophistication. And…in Norway, they do not just eat lobster, they Do Lobster.

For a full list of menus (since 1901), click HERE. And for more Nobel Prize fun facts and list, click HERE.

Nobel Banquet Menu 2011 MENU

Lobster with pickled winter vegetables and Jerusalem artichoke purée

Guinea hen with porcini mushrooms and lingon berries,
poached pearl onions with parsley roots and velouté sauce

Mandarin and white chocolate mousse on a cinnamon-spiced cake
with raspberry marmalade and fresh raspberries

VINS
Champagne Fourny
Blanc de Blancs Premier Cru

Gary Farrell, Russian River Valley
Pinot Noir 2008

Moscato D’Asti, La Caliera 2010
Borgo Maragliano

Café
Grönstedts VO
Facile Punsch

Eau Minérale Stenkulla Brunn

 

Lobster Paella At Home

Here’s how you Do Lobster at home.

Click IMAGE for recipe from WILLIAMS-SONOMA.