Visit to Mission Hill

On Sat, Feb 23, I was treated to a French cooking class. Main entree: was Tournedos Rossini.This is a crouton toasted in duck fat & butter, covered with a deliciously seared beef tenderloin topped off with foie gras (duck liver,quite sweet). Wine was a 2005 Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon. What a "lunch"!

Dessert

Dessert was Vanilla Bean & Tiger Blue Creme Carmel with a 2003 Select Riesling Ice Wine.

Orgasmicly delicious!

This piano has signatures of famous visitors. Can you make out Barbara Streisand? There was also Olivia Newton John and more that I cannot remember-I had just finished the dessert and wine.

To my family: This class was a great gift and I don't have to dust it or wear it - just enjoy the memories. (PS and I didn't have to organize it or worry about it).

Escoffier cooking Class

T Tournedos Rossini was the main entree of the Escoffier class (french chef who wrote a 5000 recipe cookbook/manual cooking class late 1890-early 1900's). It was a crouton toasted in duck fat, covered by a fabulously delicious beef tenderloin medallion with foie gras lightly seared. Foie Gras is duck liver and quite sweet.

Class was held at the beautiful Mission Hill winery overlooking the OK valley. Centel -my designated driver-on phone beside the fireplace. From 11 a.m. to 2:30 pm, we consumed 5 courses with 5 wines.

Val and the boys

We were skiing and staying at Big White for Valentine's Day.

Winter Fun for Val

This is a "Rag quilt" made from leftovers and now up at Big White for little Jace to cuddle under when he isn't eating or trying to do everything like the rest of us.

Winter Fun

Now that Santa has hung his suit to dry, it's time to have some winter fun.

With all the snow in the valley, we can play in the vineyard when we're not skiing. The grapes are in the background. Decoa and Jagger sledding in front of the house.

Still shovelling

Temp is about -3C; not quite as cold as it is back in Alberta.