Ooh, la la!

The club kicked things off with our very first gathering with a French Theme at The Stein's. The host couple provides the entree and decides the theme for the night. Then everyone is assigned one of the following: appetizer, 1 of 2 side dishes, and dessert.

I have to say that everyone really did come to play! Unfortunately, my pictures aren't that great because it was sort of an afterthought to take them and then start this blog....so just pretend they are much better.

The dishes

Entree was Coq Au Vin

The Dining Room looked so pretty - we even used our china

Here's the gang: l to r - Jen, Rob, Shannon, Toni (sans Wes),

Bryan (in the mirror), Julie, Matt, Karen and Kent

French Night Menu

Baked Brie Appetizer

Simple Dijon Viniagrette Salad

Coq au Vin

Leek Quiche

Potato Galette

Basil Palmiers

Mocha Pots de Creme

Oh, lots of wine. Did I mention all the wine? Rob is an excellent sommelier...did you catch the French word I just used? So we were treated to all types of varieties of WINE. Everyone's dishes were excellent! And everyone made something they had never made before and everyone tasted something they never had tasted before. We all agreed to bring a copy of our recipes for everyone to keep just in case we ever want to make them again. Is anyone interested in the recipes? I'll post them if you are but I won't if you're not.

The evening was so much fun and we were already looking forward to our second meeting.