HEART DAY

The restaurant will be having a special His & Hers five-course menu for Valentine's weekend. The menu will have options for each course and includes a complimentary champagne toast. Cost is $85. person, plus $45. person wine pairing. Reservations are required. Doors open at 5:30pm. Call 361.225.0329 to reserve your table today.

GONE BANANAS!

Every Monday night, we have dinn with our friends Jeff and Jenni Pollack. You were first introduced to Jeff through his company, Spindrift Surfboards, and Jenni when we gave you her blog link of her Antarctica project for TAMUCC's Harte Research Institute (see older posts). 

Last night, she upped the anti times 10 with her banana soup and homemade goat cheese, arugula & fig pizza. The banana soup was a completely unexpected, truly amazing dish - similar to Tom Kha, my favorite Thai soup, sans coconut with a banana twist - even cilantro (another fav of mine)! Try it at home yourself. I highly recommend serving it in your favorite ceramic mug, just like Jenni - such a sweet touch! For wine pairing, we sipped on a buttery Chardonnay with the soup while the pizza was cooking and a jammy Malbec - such a great compliment to the sweetness of the fig and the creamy tartness of the goat cheese (try Maipe 2007 Malbec from Mendoza, Argentina). 

NEW ART

Some new art - all for an art show in January that Christopher is in - will give details soon.

SUPPORT LOCAL: WADE DUNKIN PHOTOGRAPHY

Check out photographer Wade Dunkin (www.wwdphotography.com)

FUTURE CHEF

Sorry, I know I post a ton of Reese pictures, but c'mon, you can't tell me he didn't get his chef skills from his Uncle Christopher.

HAPPY, HAPPY

I love, love how the holidays bring together family and friends. So many of you ask about Jason and Luis - they came back in town to spend the holiday with their families. Both are living in Austin now; Jason is working for a florist and at Olivia (www.olivia-austin.com). The restaurant is getting rave reviews - we will go there someday soon, I promise, Jason!

WINE DINNER: COTES DU RHONE

As promised, here is the menu and three dishes from our last wine dinner, Cotes du Rhone, held in November.