- Lake Champlain - Salted dark chocolate
- Crostini with Balsamic Caramelized Onions, Melted Cheese & Sage
- Almond-Bacon Cheese Crostini
- Stowaway Chocolates - Peanut Butter Meltaway
We went to a special wine tasting dinner in Marion, Virginia held at the General Francis Marion Hotel/Black Rooster restaurant. There were some phenomenal wines and great food. The food and wine was a smattering of spanish wines and foods.
- Esparragos blancos - white asparagus, lemon, caper
- Aceitunas arbequinas y cabrales - sweet brown olives, artisanal blue cheese
- Manchego, jamón y membrillo - sheep's milk cheese, cured ham, and quince
- Pan a la catalana - crusty bread, garlic, tomato, wild olive oil
- Torta de cangrejo - crab cake and saffron aioli
- Lubina con romesco - Mediterranean seabass, roasted pepper, and almond sauce
- Carrillada de cerdo - braised pork cheeks, sofrito, glace
- Tarta de Santiago - marcona almond cake
- Flan con jarabe de café - custard and coffee syrup
One of the regulars at the wine club is starting a fine chocolates business, Chocomiro, and their chocolates are incredibly delicious. They have a limited selection now, but every single one we tried was phenomenal.
- Chocomiro - Creamy espresso caramel
- Chocomiro - Jasmine tea lemon ganache
- Chocomiro - Earl grey garnache
- Chocomiro - Deep vanilla caramel
- Chocomiro - Cherry fondant cordial
- Chocomiro - Coconut
- Chocomiro - Deep vanilla sea salt caramel
- Chocomiro - Four spice fusion
- Chocomiro - Raspberry ganache
- Chocomiro - Saffron lavender honey fusion
We're sure that there's more foods we've tried, but we are often lazy about remembering to record new foods.
Brett went to a meeting in the DC area and was able to go to Pizza Paradiso (the DuPont Circle location) and got a nice pizza.
- Macellaio - Paradiso Tomato, Pepperoni, Mozzarella, Sausage, Red Onion
Megan found a quick casserole recipe for dinner. It's fast to make and darn tasty!
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