We sailed up for a quick glass of wine to celebrate Rachel's engagement. (Congrats, Rachel and John!) After a bottle of Chateauneuf du Pape and a hello from Chef Gaby (our French cuisine instructor from Kitchen on Fire) we decided to linger a while longer.
Gaby brought us out a special treat, a smoked salmon tartine with creme fraiche, delicately nuanced with lemon verbena. Merci, Gaby!
I could have remained all day savoring the second bottle of Chateaneuf, the gentle sunlight, and the flavor of anticipation.
We ordered also a smattering of snacks, including Dungeness crab stuffed squash blossoms, a beet salad, and PEI mussels with merguez sausage, shallots, white wine and pastis.
And then we ate happily ever after ...
seriously...this was amazing! we definitely ate happily ever after...
ReplyDeletei LOVE le garage - it is the cutest! what a fun place to celebrate such happy news!
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