Our anniversary lunch was spent in an oratory that was constructed in the 7th century.
It is now an ultra modern restaurant that holds one Michelin étoile. (which we didn't know until this morning!)
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December 31, 2008
Photo du Jour - Lunch
Our anniversary lunch was spent in an oratory that was constructed in the 7th century.
It is now an ultra modern restaurant that holds one Michelin étoile. (which we didn't know until this morning!)
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January 12, 2007
Top 100 - 31 Through 40
31. A Vinaigrier. I love making my own vinegar and this vinaigrier is so much nicer to look at than a bunch of cheesecloth wrapped wine bottles.
32. Marianne's Ice Cream in Santa Cruz, California. Mandarin Orange ice cream, Coconut ice cream, Northern Oregon Blackberry ice cream, Mexican Chocolate ice cream, Banana ice cream, Cinnamon Caramel ice cream, Highway 17 ice cream (that's Rocky Road, if you don't already know), Peach ice cream...I could go on and on...they offer around 62 more mouth watering flavors to tempt you.
Marianne's Ice Cream
1020 Ocean St
Santa Cruz, CA
831-458-1447
33. The Sweet Potato. I love them! Sweet potato fries are one of the most delicious things on this earth and this chowder recipe is one I make again and again. Be careful with the chipotle chilies, adding 3 makes it really spicy!
Sweet Potato Chowder
From
Preparation Time: 10 minutes minutes
Cooking Time: 15 minutes minutes
1/2 pound thick-sliced bacon, cut into 1/2-inch pieces
1/2 sweet red pepper, diced
1/2 sweet green pepper, diced
1/2 large white onion, diced
2 large sweet potatoes, peeled and cut into 1-inch cubes
3 13-ounce cans chicken broth
3 canned chipotle chilies, minced
2 14-ounce cans corn
1 cup low-fat milk
1/2 teaspoon salt
Cook the bacon in a large stockpot over medium heat until it begins to crisp. Spoon off the bacon fat, except for a thin coating. Add the peppers and onion to the bacon and continue cooking, stirring frequently, until the vegetables are tender.
34. La Table St Crescent in Narbonne, France. The restaurant is housed in a gorgeous, former 7th century Oratory on the outskirts of town. Their Saveur & Région menu offers four courses for 37 €, and for an additional 5 € it is offered with three glasses of wine to compliment the two savory and one cheese course. They offer three other menu's, ranging in price from 20 € for the menu du jour to 69 € for seven courses! They also offer à la carte. The food has always been excellent and the service impeccable. Their cheese cart alone, with around 25 offerings to choose from, is reason enough to eat here.
La Table Saint-Crescent
Route de Perpignan
11100 Narbonne
FRANCE
04.68.41.37.37
35. The Oxford Companion to Wine by Jancis Robinson. With over 4,000 entries, this tome is the only reference book on wine that you'll ever need. Includes information about varietals, regions, distillation, history, politics, etc.
36. Uwajimaya in Seattle, Washington. Uwajimaya is a spectacular Asian grocery store and market that is one of the largest in the area. It has more than doubled in size since I moved to Seattle in 1987 and in addition to the retail market, includes restaurants, a cooking school, a bank and a bookstore.
37. Kir Cardinal. A Kir is an apéritif made with a measure of crème de cassis, topped up with white wine. A Kir Cardinal is the same, only topped up with red wine.
38. Baked Brie with Honey and Pecans. Oozing and scrumptious! Serve with lots of French bread to scoop up the gooey cheese.
Baked Brie with Honey and Pecans
1 small brie (about 300 grams or 10 ounces)
a drizzle of olive oil
2 sprigs thyme, leaves stripped off
2 tablespoons honey
1/4 cup pecans, toasted and cut into large pieces
Heat the oven to 400 degrees.
Remove the brie from it's wrapping and put in an oven proof dish. Make a few cuts in the top, drizzle with the olive oil and sprinkle with thyme leaves. Cover with foil and bake for 10 minutes, or until gooey. Remove the foil and drizzle with the honey and sprinkle with the chopped pecans.
Serves 4 people.
39. Hansen's Sno-Blitz, New Orleans, Louisiana. In 1934 Mr. and Mrs. Hansen developed the Sno-Blitz sno-ball maker and the rest is history. A sno-ball is made with shaved ice, completely different from a snow cone, which is made with crushed ice. The finely shaved ice is layered in a cup with syrup, making a sweet and snow-like textured treat. After nearly 73 years of marriage the Hanson's passed away last year within seven months of each other. Their granddaughter is now keeping the sno-ball tradition alive.
40. Fraises des Bois. Intensely sweet and tiny wild strawberry.
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32. Marianne's Ice Cream in Santa Cruz, California. Mandarin Orange ice cream, Coconut ice cream, Northern Oregon Blackberry ice cream, Mexican Chocolate ice cream, Banana ice cream, Cinnamon Caramel ice cream, Highway 17 ice cream (that's Rocky Road, if you don't already know), Peach ice cream...I could go on and on...they offer around 62 more mouth watering flavors to tempt you.
Marianne's Ice Cream
1020 Ocean St
Santa Cruz, CA
831-458-1447
33. The Sweet Potato. I love them! Sweet potato fries are one of the most delicious things on this earth and this chowder recipe is one I make again and again. Be careful with the chipotle chilies, adding 3 makes it really spicy!
Sweet Potato Chowder
From
Preparation Time: 10 minutes minutes
Cooking Time: 15 minutes minutes
1/2 pound thick-sliced bacon, cut into 1/2-inch pieces
1/2 sweet red pepper, diced
1/2 sweet green pepper, diced
1/2 large white onion, diced
2 large sweet potatoes, peeled and cut into 1-inch cubes
3 13-ounce cans chicken broth
3 canned chipotle chilies, minced
2 14-ounce cans corn
1 cup low-fat milk
1/2 teaspoon salt
Cook the bacon in a large stockpot over medium heat until it begins to crisp. Spoon off the bacon fat, except for a thin coating. Add the peppers and onion to the bacon and continue cooking, stirring frequently, until the vegetables are tender.
Add the sweet potatoes, chicken broth, and chipotles and simmer, covered, 15 minutes or until the potatoes are tender. Stir in the corn, milk, and salt; heat through.
Yield: 4 servings34. La Table St Crescent in Narbonne, France. The restaurant is housed in a gorgeous, former 7th century Oratory on the outskirts of town. Their Saveur & Région menu offers four courses for 37 €, and for an additional 5 € it is offered with three glasses of wine to compliment the two savory and one cheese course. They offer three other menu's, ranging in price from 20 € for the menu du jour to 69 € for seven courses! They also offer à la carte. The food has always been excellent and the service impeccable. Their cheese cart alone, with around 25 offerings to choose from, is reason enough to eat here.
La Table Saint-Crescent
Route de Perpignan
11100 Narbonne
FRANCE
04.68.41.37.37
35. The Oxford Companion to Wine by Jancis Robinson. With over 4,000 entries, this tome is the only reference book on wine that you'll ever need. Includes information about varietals, regions, distillation, history, politics, etc.
36. Uwajimaya in Seattle, Washington. Uwajimaya is a spectacular Asian grocery store and market that is one of the largest in the area. It has more than doubled in size since I moved to Seattle in 1987 and in addition to the retail market, includes restaurants, a cooking school, a bank and a bookstore.
37. Kir Cardinal. A Kir is an apéritif made with a measure of crème de cassis, topped up with white wine. A Kir Cardinal is the same, only topped up with red wine.
38. Baked Brie with Honey and Pecans. Oozing and scrumptious! Serve with lots of French bread to scoop up the gooey cheese.
Baked Brie with Honey and Pecans
1 small brie (about 300 grams or 10 ounces)
a drizzle of olive oil
2 sprigs thyme, leaves stripped off
2 tablespoons honey
1/4 cup pecans, toasted and cut into large pieces
Heat the oven to 400 degrees.
Remove the brie from it's wrapping and put in an oven proof dish. Make a few cuts in the top, drizzle with the olive oil and sprinkle with thyme leaves. Cover with foil and bake for 10 minutes, or until gooey. Remove the foil and drizzle with the honey and sprinkle with the chopped pecans.
Serves 4 people.
39. Hansen's Sno-Blitz, New Orleans, Louisiana. In 1934 Mr. and Mrs. Hansen developed the Sno-Blitz sno-ball maker and the rest is history. A sno-ball is made with shaved ice, completely different from a snow cone, which is made with crushed ice. The finely shaved ice is layered in a cup with syrup, making a sweet and snow-like textured treat. After nearly 73 years of marriage the Hanson's passed away last year within seven months of each other. Their granddaughter is now keeping the sno-ball tradition alive.
40. Fraises des Bois. Intensely sweet and tiny wild strawberry.
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December 29, 2006
Our Anniversary Lunch
Today is our wedding anniversary and every year we celebrate by choosing a special place to have lunch.
The last two years we've eaten at a wonderful restaurant, La Table Saint Crescent, in Narbonne. It is in a beautiful building, a former 7th century Oratory, on the outskirts of town and next to, of all things, a McDonald's!
Their Saveur & Région menu is four courses for 37 €, and for an additional 5 € it is offered with three glasses of wine to compliment the two savory and one cheese course. They offer three other menu's, ranging in price from 20 € for the menu du jour to 69 € for seven courses! They also offer à la carte. The food has always been excellent and the service impeccable.
And if your wine cellar looks a bit depleted, adjacent to the restaurant is a wine shop, training center and headquarters of the Independent Winegrower's Association, Le Palais du Vin.
This year we wanted to try something new. We've been trying to decide where to go for a couple of months and have been looking at the Michelin Red Guide for the area as well as asking friends for their recommendations.
We found a review of L'Auberge Côté Jardin in Conilhac Corbières on a local website and have been thinking about trying it ever since.
They offer three menu's, 16 € for the menu du jour, 25 € and 35 €. We chose the 25 € menu which consisted of an amuse-bouche, an entrée, a main course and either a cheese course or dessert.
The meal started with homemade cheese straws with our first glass of wine. This was a nice touch as nibbles are usually only served if an apéritif is ordered.
The amuse-bouche was an oyster gratinéed with mushroom cream sauce. The flavor of both shallots and mushrooms came through without hiding the taste of the warmed oyster and the gratinéed cream on top was perfectly puffed and golden.
I tried the soupe de poisson for an entrée. It was gorgeous! Most of the fish soup I've had in this area has been a bit thin and watery but this was just the right thickness, with tomatoes and herbs and a delicious fish flavor. My husband tried the terrine de gibiers (a pâté of game meat) served with a sauce gribiche and homemade toasts. We were both very happy with our choices.
We had the same main course, a boneless leg of capon, rolled and cooked in a cocotte (a covered casserole dish) and served with a quenelle of cooked red cabbage on mashed potatoes with sautéd carrots and sautéd wild mushrooms on either side. The flavor of everything was perfect and I was very happy with the variety of vegetables.
We both decided to have dessert instead of cheese. I chose the trio of homemade sorbets and was sadly disappointed. The flavors of the day were strawberry, orange and apple. The strawberry was good but the orange was mediocre and the apple was too icy and had very little flavor. My husband had the apple crumble. It was good, with slices of kiwi fruit mixed into the apple and a nice aroma of crushed almonds coming from the crumble topping, but not exceptional.
Overall, L'Auberge Côté Jardin was a great restaurant. We loved the food and the service was very friendly. Our server kindly offered to help us choose wine to go with our meal and wanted to practice his English with us. The restaurant's only weakness was the desserts, but the quality of the savory courses more than made up for it.
They have a beautiful terrace and I can imagine sitting outside in the summer, enjoying a long, leisurely lunch. We look forward to our next visit.
Lunch for the two of us with a bottle of wine and two coffee's was 74 €.
Today is also my niece's birthday. Happy Birthday Morgan!
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The last two years we've eaten at a wonderful restaurant, La Table Saint Crescent, in Narbonne. It is in a beautiful building, a former 7th century Oratory, on the outskirts of town and next to, of all things, a McDonald's!
Their Saveur & Région menu is four courses for 37 €, and for an additional 5 € it is offered with three glasses of wine to compliment the two savory and one cheese course. They offer three other menu's, ranging in price from 20 € for the menu du jour to 69 € for seven courses! They also offer à la carte. The food has always been excellent and the service impeccable.
And if your wine cellar looks a bit depleted, adjacent to the restaurant is a wine shop, training center and headquarters of the Independent Winegrower's Association, Le Palais du Vin.
This year we wanted to try something new. We've been trying to decide where to go for a couple of months and have been looking at the Michelin Red Guide for the area as well as asking friends for their recommendations.
We found a review of L'Auberge Côté Jardin in Conilhac Corbières on a local website and have been thinking about trying it ever since.
They offer three menu's, 16 € for the menu du jour, 25 € and 35 €. We chose the 25 € menu which consisted of an amuse-bouche, an entrée, a main course and either a cheese course or dessert.
The meal started with homemade cheese straws with our first glass of wine. This was a nice touch as nibbles are usually only served if an apéritif is ordered.
The amuse-bouche was an oyster gratinéed with mushroom cream sauce. The flavor of both shallots and mushrooms came through without hiding the taste of the warmed oyster and the gratinéed cream on top was perfectly puffed and golden.
I tried the soupe de poisson for an entrée. It was gorgeous! Most of the fish soup I've had in this area has been a bit thin and watery but this was just the right thickness, with tomatoes and herbs and a delicious fish flavor. My husband tried the terrine de gibiers (a pâté of game meat) served with a sauce gribiche and homemade toasts. We were both very happy with our choices.
We had the same main course, a boneless leg of capon, rolled and cooked in a cocotte (a covered casserole dish) and served with a quenelle of cooked red cabbage on mashed potatoes with sautéd carrots and sautéd wild mushrooms on either side. The flavor of everything was perfect and I was very happy with the variety of vegetables.
We both decided to have dessert instead of cheese. I chose the trio of homemade sorbets and was sadly disappointed. The flavors of the day were strawberry, orange and apple. The strawberry was good but the orange was mediocre and the apple was too icy and had very little flavor. My husband had the apple crumble. It was good, with slices of kiwi fruit mixed into the apple and a nice aroma of crushed almonds coming from the crumble topping, but not exceptional.
Overall, L'Auberge Côté Jardin was a great restaurant. We loved the food and the service was very friendly. Our server kindly offered to help us choose wine to go with our meal and wanted to practice his English with us. The restaurant's only weakness was the desserts, but the quality of the savory courses more than made up for it.
They have a beautiful terrace and I can imagine sitting outside in the summer, enjoying a long, leisurely lunch. We look forward to our next visit.
Lunch for the two of us with a bottle of wine and two coffee's was 74 €.
Today is also my niece's birthday. Happy Birthday Morgan!
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