An appetizer to sigh for, these lightly toasted baguette slices topped with pureed favas and mint, joined by pungent soft goat cheese.
We loved it with a distinctive white wine, Coenobium—a blend of three Italian grapes, including Trebbiano and Malvasia—and made by Cistercian nuns in Lazio.
Dee Vogel is currently eating her way through Croatia, but did take time to send a few typical plates of the Dalmatian Coast.
I can practically taste this platter of fresh cheese and red peppers sprinkled with olive oil and probably oregano.
Eleanor Hilberman, in France for the wedding of her niece, stopped sampling the culinary temples of Paris long enough to send me this mouthwatering image of salmon on a stack of endive and spring vegetables.
Two splendid dishes we sampled at La Posta last week included a gorgeous wedge of local King salmon on a bed of new peas, warm fingerling potatoes and a tasty horseradish sauce.
But the duck salad! Sometimes a combination of flavors can go super-nova. These did.
A bed of beets and wild lamb’s quarters, with bits of fig paste, toasted hazelnuts, slices of rare duck and fig vinaigrette. Rich meat, sweet beets, salty nuts, tart fig.
A-mazing!
Join the irrepressible Amanda Rehn and Coralie Delecheneau of Loire’s La Grange Tiphaine for a palate-expanding pour of a few distinctive wines.
This fabulous estate in the Loire Valley is definitely one to watch. Since 2002, Coralie and Damien Delecheneau, a husband and wife winemaking team, have been producing some distinctive wines from Chenin Blanc, both sparkling and still, and rosé and red wines from the Loire-centric red varietals Cabernet Franc, Cot and Gamay.
Join Amanda and Coralie on Friday, June 15 from 5-7pm to taste through five of their delicious wines. The $5 cost for this special event may also be applied to a bottle purchase.
Soif – 105 Walnut Avenue, downtown Santa Cruz.
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