Official Food Blog

         Yes I realize that in almost every single one of my blogs I talk about food at least once. I can’t help it! Lea has turned me into a complete foodie.  Now instead of checking my e-mail I check foodgawker to see what new tastes I can try next week.  I have a list going of all of the meals I want to make this summer including cheeses and wine pairings!  I am saying this because I had the absolute best meal of my life the other day at Sandy’s apartment.  Her landlord made lunch for her and her apartment mate, plus her dad, Lea, and me.  It was so good my mouth is watering just thinking of it, so good in fact that I didn’t get ONE picture of the food, so here instead, I will transcribe the menu:

Aperatif: Champagne, Saucisson, Olive Paté, and some other type of odd French meat

Course 1: Foie Gras with a fig preserve, served with sweet white wine

Course 2 (main course): a Casserole made of white beans, confit de canard (duck), sausage, and carrots, served with red wine

Course 3: cheese: Chèvre, Rochefort (or some other type of strong, soft cheese), Brie cinders, all served with a raspberry preserve

Dessert: Lemon Tarte, Apricot Tarte, cannelés

Dégustatif: Cognac, Armegnac, and Martinique Rum, plus a cup of tea to top it all off!

This meal lasted hours, and we all ate so much.  I didn’t eat dinner that night, nor did I eat much the next day, it was just too good!  This is something that I really hope I can bring home with me.  The French know how to throw a lunch.  It is several courses long, delicious food, fun friends and what makes it better than a dinner party is that your day isn’t over when the party is over.