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FOOD+WINE+FRIENDS--A PERFECT BASTILLE DAY FOR THIS NON-FRANCOPHILE
I love this new photo uploading tool from Blogger.com. You remember that I'd bought a super geewhiz new digital Canon and have even learned to use it. However, I find that my camera phone is always in my purse and ready to shoot. I upload the photos to Sprint then email them to myself. There's probably an easier, quicker way, but this is the way I know to do it.

Speaking of Wine, Women and FOOD . . .
My favorite white wine is DeLille Cellar's Chaleur Estate Blanc and, thrill of thrills, the winery was celebrating the pre-release of their 04 Chaleur Estate Blanc with a Bastille Day Picnic in Woodenville, WA today for the Woodenville Women and Wine Divas. Yes, I am a wine diva as are my friends pictured above (#1 Lisa, #3 Darcy and DeeAnna). The second photo is of the chefs of some of area's finest restaurants who prepared four fabulous entrees for us to enjoy as well as judge which paired best with the Chaleur Blanc.

Though I'm not a fan of goat cheese--stuff tastes like GOAT!--the chefs incorporated the cheese quite tastily with every entree from the Italian veal stew, the one non-seafood entree, to the cream sauce of the seafood flan. My favorite was the scallop and unfortunately I left the menu behind or I could regale you with the proper names and ingredients. Also, remember that I also love the Chaleur Estate Blanc . . .and thought everything tasted just fabulous with it!

Speaking of tasty . . . Lisa and I birthday gifted Darcy a ticket to the event BEFORE we knew what the menu would be. When we saw what the chefs were preparing to pair with the Chaleur, we paled. Darcy loathes seafood. Huzzzah for the veal and the baguettes at each place setting, though she ate each entree, even the very underdone but perfectly wonderful albacore tuna. I knew she was in a special hell when she tossed back the wine and was looking for more. Gotta give the girl her props for hanging in there. I know that paybacks are hell and that I'm probably looking at a birthday gift lunch of my own in a goat cheese factory tasting room . . .

Ciao, ciao, MMMMMMMMMMMMMMmmelinda