dinner for ten chez Wood

Champagne and Crostini
( avec des tapenades: noire, pistou, tomatine )

Crema fredda di Pomodori
( basilic, haricots verts, bocconcini, prosciutto di parma )

Raviolis au Daube
( beurre noisette, fresh sage, eschalotes )

Assiete de Fromage
( figue, abricot, cérise )

Sorbet au Poire
( coulis de framboise et fraises du bois )

Perhaps I've missed my calling as proprietor of a Bed & Breakfast. The dishes are dry, the kitchen clean... and I am enjoying the last of the wine and the company, wishing I could make such an honest living and live somewhere by the sea, unmolested by the concerns of the century.