I am returned now from my 4 days in Calgary. My good friend, Val and her buddy Fonsey, were gracious hosts and we had a lot of fun...and a lot of wine. We even cooked together! Yeah! That is my kind of evening. We made a Dorie Greenspan recipe from the newspaper. It was a Normandy Chicken recipe with mushrooms, onions, apples, cream with a splash of calvados. It was "interesting"! I think it would also be great using pork.
Then Val jumped up and said, "Hey, I have a cookbook for you!" She had the Julia Child cookbook, then also received another identical book as a gift. So she gave me one! What a wonderful gift!
Right here and now I am committing to making one recipe from this book within the next week. I have chosen a cassoulet and will incorporate some of the duck I have ready in the freezer.
I had a great little trip. I ate out way more than I expected. In a previous post, I was assuming that my only gourmet dinner would be at
NOtaBLE. Well, I also ate at
Mercato,
Catch,
Bonterra and
Olives. It was fantastic! It was all so impromptu that I forgot to take pictures. I have captured some pictures from the restaurant websites.
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