Edge of Seattle Cooking
Auberge de Seattle Cooking wants to help you celebrate in style!
Bonjour Mes Amis,

L'Auberge Specialty Cooking School wants to help you mark this occasion in a very special way.
 
Please join us for dinner, and we'll help you celebrate with a half-bottle of Sparkling Wine, compliments of us.
 
It's our way of wishing you "Happy Valentine's"--with many more to come!  
 
Our recipe for a great night out.  Mix one part technique with two parts food and presentation.  Garnish with hospitality and serve.  Voila the French joie de vivre!
 
Sincèrement, 
 
XmasEve09
Nancy Gates-Douglas; Proprietress
Edge of Seattle Cooking
Honeymoon Suite Pay Now      $99.00 per person
Cuisine from Provence with Chef Eddy Rico
February 13, 2010
 
Valentine Weekend Menu

3:00-9:00  6 hours Hands-On Cooking Class

 
Goat cheese and bacon feuillete
 
Sea scallops salad with vanilla oil and parmesan cheese
 
Stuffed vegetable
 
Chocolate and caramel mousse
Your private table set with crystal, sterling silver, fine china and candles await you and your sweetheart to make this a truly exquisite experience.
   All classes come with file folder including Chef bio, menu, recipe, kitchen etiquette and class pictures. Our dress code is dressy casual.  We do not recommend shorts, bermudas shorts, or jeans.  Check out more menus
Abby Arched Door
Auberge de Seattle
16400 216 Avenue N.E.
Woodinville, Washington 98077
(425) 844-4102

Don't cry for me,  I'm in Argentina!

DavidLeClaire 

Malbec Wine Varietal

 
 February 16, 2010

What's the next hottest grape on the wine horizon? Known to the aristocratic French as a blending grape in Bordeaux, Malbec from Chile and Argentina is taking the world by storm! Because of it's new popularity, it seems to be the new thing to plant in many regions now. Come and discover the array of styles and possibilities that Malbec holds, it might become your new favorite as well.                     

Written by certified Wine Sommelier David LeClaire  
Check out David's credentials

Don't cry for me... I'm in Argentina!                                                            

Traditionally the reason the Malbec grape is used in American  wineries is that it is considered part of the "Bordeaux-blend" recipe.  Malbec is not considered a hardy grape, which makes it unpopular in America.  It is a thin grape, sensitive to spring frost, mildew and rot.  BUT...in Argentina and Chile the Malbec wine varietal is alive and doing well.  It stands alone as a single varietal growing by the Andes Mountains and producing some lovely wines.  Its flavor profile is often designated by plum and anise, and makes full bodied almost inky wines that go well with stews and simmered dishes..

Expressions of this unusual and not well known grape varietal will be presented at our February Wine Varietal Seminar on February 16, 2010, presented by Wine Sommelier David LeClaire from  6:30-9:00.  $35.00 per person RSVP required  by February 13th.  (425) 844-4102  The event comes with lots of delectable French hors d'oeuvres hand crafted by Auberge de Seattle, a French Country Inn and Specialty Cooking School nestled in Woodinville Wine Country.