Bea Dines Again!

Date: Tuesday Night August 16, 2005
Dinners: Cliff / Cathy / Bea Landen

Wine: Provided by Cliff / Cathy
1999 Tarantella Sine Quanon
Wine: Provided by Bea
2003 Eric Kent Pinot Noir


Bea joined us again for dinner. She brought a Pinot Noir she had puchased at our favorite wine store in Silverlake, silverlake wine. The previous week we had seen small fresh chanterelle mushrooms at the farmers market in Hollywood. We were committed to last weeks dinner, so we decided to build a future dinner around them. We went Sunday to the market hopping that there would be small young chanterelles available. They were so we purchased them.

We also wanted to make a summer dish that we like, that we got from the Slow Club in San Francisco. Fresh tomatoes, cored, some from our garden, sliced leeks, garlic, salt, pepper, thyme and balsamic, baked. We made toast and served the tomato leek mixture on them as an appetizer. It was excellent.

We made a chanterelle pasta from Chez Panisse Vegetables cookbook. Cliff and Cathy found it disappointing. Oh well..

For dessert we had an Apricot Crisp we had bought at Clementine. We served it with Dolce do Leche ice cream. Great treat.

So we had great wine, excellent appetizer and dessert and a pasta.

One of the nicest parts of the night is walking Bea home. It is like walking in the country as we headed up and down her street.