Wait until you hear this!    Mark has added as a special, a wonderful light salad of local field greens topped with fresh sliced peaches, blue cheese crumbles and drizzled with Austrian pumpkin seed oil and topped with roasted pumpkin seeds.  Yikes! I am having one right now and it is amazing.  You know that I have to try it…..that’s my job.  In my mind I am pairing it up with a Riesling.  Yum!

Ok…going to get a splash of wine now….Hope to see you soon!

Melody

Today is a perfect  Spring day in Vermont!  After the last few days of rain, it is squeaky clean, bright, crisp and beautiful. 

Speaking of beautiful….you have to make sure you save room for dessert.  Mark has done it again and now we have another one that he has blown all of us away with.  His Caribbean Bread Pudding Soufflé has us all melting in our shoes.  He serves it with a coconut cream anglaise in a half a coconut.  It is such a beautiful dessert that you have to spend a moment in contemplation….but not too long.   Way to go Mark!

I have also added a new coffee drink to the dessert menu.   It is a cinnamon rum cream and coffee topped off with whipped cream.  It tastes so good we had to come up with a really fun name for it….. “Shut Up”!!        Have I mentioned how much fun I have here!

Get out and enjoy the day…take a walk, listen to the sound of spring,

Melody

We recently visited Quebec City and we had a wonderful time.  While we were there we visited a chocolate shop that featured a chocolate museum which Mark and our son enjoyed.  Myself….I spotted a chalkboard that featured a hot chocolate…..in a chocolate shop…. I had to have it.  It was so rich and thick and amazing I made Mark try some.  I told him it put me in mind of the turn of the century women in long dressing gowns that would have hot chocolate delivered to their room.   I wish!   When we returned he transformed this into an inspired dessert.  Now we have a rich, decadent chocolate ganache hot chocolate with homemade drop donuts. Truly…you have to try them.

See you soon,

Melody

Spring is here and we are just returning from three weeks vacation.  We apologize if we missed you while you were here and hope that you try us again soon. 

Mark has come up with some wonderful new ideas for spring that we can’t wait for you to try.  I am especially partial to the Ministroni soup.  It is full of chunky vegetables and tastes like spring to me.  He has also added a Roasted Cornish game hen over gandulez stew (pidgeon peas) and some mofongo (made with mashed plantain).   Well you know me…I could keep going on and on.  Anyway visit the menu page to see all of the wonderful new items. 

I have also added some tasty new cocktails that I am excited about.  Oh….and by the end of the week we will be adding a lovely spring rose sangria by the glass.  Of course it has a twist….and…there is my cliff hanger.  Now you have to come see me.

Open your windows and take a beautiful drive.  Hope to see you soon,

Melody

Mark has added a new appetizer special that I am crazy about.  It is a flaky turnover filled with pulled chicken, onion, olives and raisins.  I know….I had my doubts too….silly me.   I should know by now not to question Mark and his flavors.  He serves this with a chipotle-guava dipping sauce that is perfect with it.  I think I’ll have it for lunch.

See you in the dining room,

Melody