Friday, June 11, 2010

It was indeed a review day today. We reviewed Alsace, Champagne, Burgundy, Rhone, Loire, Bordeaux and Languedoc. And of course, cheese. One of the sales people from The Truffle Cheese Shop (did someone say look for a good cheese monger, lol?). She brought in 7 different French cheeses for us to sample: Chevot and Abbaye de Bellec which were served with a white wine from Graves; Scharfer Max served with a Godello; Pierre Robert served with Champagne; Camembert served with a Merlot wine; Epoisse (a stinky cheese but tasted good once you got past the smell!) and Bleude Lagueille served with a dessert wine, Sauternes. I could see how cheese could become an expensive habit! Someone from Truffles goes to the airport every Friday and picks up cheese from France. Amazing!

Lunch was a salad with a variety of vegetables to add on top. Yum!

We finished about 2:30pm so Paula, one of the women from my class who came to Denver from Indianapolis, and I went to the Denver Public Library book sale. I got five books for $6.50! One B&B cookbook I got for Carl, a book called Chocolate Indulgence (can't go wrong with chocolate!), a Christmas cookbook, another book called $50 Dinner Parties and a book on container gardening. They had quite a few children's books as well as others, all in a large tent.

Then we did some retail therapy, Paula needed some new clothes. We trolled the 16h Mall for a bit, then headed to Le Central (remember? "The Affordable French Restaurant"). We had a "real" French waiter, he had such a lovely accent. I had mussels with pomme frites and a bit of mousse de chocolat for dessert, Paula had a salad and trout for dinner. Then it was home in the pouring rain! No more studying tonight, it' time to relax.

By the way, Carl loved my bread! He didn't cut it as he wanted me to be the first one to do so. How sweet is that. He had a friend over who also likes to bake and he also pronounced it good! I hope to do more baking tomorrow.

Good night all!