I had the most delicious 3-course meal at Proof in downtown Des Moines this weekend - a must stop if you live close or are traveling through Iowa. Proof offers prix fixe 3-course ($35) and 5-course ($50) dinners on Friday and Saturday nights. The new chef owner, Sean Wilson, is such a talented culinary artist! Each course I ordered led nicely into the next:
Course 1: Beet salad with beet-balsamic marshmallow, arugula, goat cheese crema, and pistachio picada
Course 2: Seared sea scallops with green charmoula, beets, preserved lemon relish and yogurt
Course 3: Lemon semi-fredo with brittle, spiced almond milk and forty second almond cake
-Jessie Shafer, Senior Food & Nutrition Editor
(Source: proofrestaurant.com)