Tornados

Pear Mouse Cake

This cake has madelines around the outside and pear mouse inside.

Veal Chops

Veal chops are sauteed and presented with mushrooms, pearl onions and bacon.

Roasted Duck

Roasted duck with turned turnips.

Mogador

Chocolate geniose with chocolate mouse, raspberry syrup and raspberry jam.

Beef Strogonoff

Beef cooked in a paprika-based sauce serviced with rice pilaf.

Rings

These are the Venetian glass rings the four of us girls purchased in Bordeaux.

Admiration

I'm looking with love at my oyster. They were salty with a hint of lemon. Perfectly refreshing with a glass of chilled white wine.

St. Emilion

This view greets us when we climb to the square at the top of Saint Emilion. We ate lunch in the square below where the cream colored umbrellas are.

Dominique and Tse

We're pretending to be famous French models admiring the view in Saint Emilion.

Wine Education

Dominque gets her wine education during our tasting. She's wearing a plastic bag on her head to protect her from the rain.

Wet

After walking 15 minutes in a rainstorm, we finally reach the train. There's not an inch of us that isn't completely wet!