Tuesday, June 4, 2019

Tuesday at the Table

I've been thinking of resurrecting Tuesday at the Table and seeing how that goes. Maybe it's the pending summer, perhaps the burgeoning herb garden, quite possibly the podcast I just listened to, but I feel like I've been neglecting an important part of me that I'd like to be more in touch with. As I said, I'll see how it goes.

So about that podcast. You might not know that Seattle actually has a pretty sweet little cookbook store. It's called the Book Larder, and for the first episode of their new podcast, "the incomparable Ruth Reichl [was] in conversation with Nancy Leson (a local food commentator) about Ruth’s new memoir, Save Me the Plums." The New York Times had this to say about the book: "Trailblazing food writer and beloved restaurant critic Ruth Reichl took the job (and the risk) of a lifetime when she entered the high-stakes world of magazine publishing. Now, for the first time, she chronicles her groundbreaking tenure as editor in chief of Gourmet." Truth is, I've read all of Ruth's books, including My Kitchen Year: 136 Recipes that Save My Life chronicling the year following Gourmet's closing. Of course I thoroughly enjoyed the interview. And yeah, the new book is on order.


So meanwhile, we were away to Victoria BC for a few days and in addition to visiting the gorgeous Butchart Gardens, we treated ourselves to Afternoon Tea in the historic dining room. It was a unique and fun (really!) meal in a beautifully quaint setting.


Lest I forget the yummy details, I'm going to share the menu here. So clockwise from upper right:

English Trifle

Sweets
Chocolate truffle  +  Strawberry lemon Napoleon  +  Lemon tart
Peach vanilla pound cake  +  Wildberry chocolate meringue

House Scone with Fruit Preserves & Devon-style Cream

Traditional Savory Sandwiches & Delicacies
Curried chicken & grapes  +  Deviled egg with scallion mustard aioli
Heritage ham & bell pepper Parmesan aioli  +  Cucumber, pickled ginger, & dill
Salmon, capers, & red onion  +  Tarragon almond pesto & feta quiche
House-made sausage roll

So there were a couple of highlight foodie moments from the last week. I'm on the watch for more....

4 comments:

  1. I look forward to your table talk. We visited Butchart Gardens on our honeymoon in 1981. (It was our first ride on a big ferry, and in a camper, to boot. We were such greenhorns!) I thought the gardens were the most beautiful place I had ever seen and would gladly go back again. Even though we've been back to Seattle and the Northwest several times, we haven't been back across to the Island.

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  2. I listened to the podcast last night & thoroughly enjoyed it! I've read all of her books too and can't wait until it's my turn with the library copy.

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  3. That looks like a great menu! It's making me hungry, and I just ate!

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