This month’s theme was Mastering the Art of French Cooking. Julia’s recipes are amazing but can be complicated and tedious. However, don’t let that sway your enthusiasm to open her cookbook and take the plunge into her recipes. If you have the time to prepare you will not be disappointed.
I must have been enjoying the French wine because I did not take many photos of our evening.
Our evening menu included:
A French Cheese board that included a creamy Port Salut, Brie and Comte
Roasted Pear Salad with Goat Cheese and Spring Greens with a French Vinaigrette
Did I mention the wine?
The main course was Filet Mignon wrapped in bacon served with a Mushroom Gravy Sauce. As side dishes Spinach Timbale and Potatoes Dauphine were served.
We enjoyed a wonderful molded dessert called Charlotte Malakoff Aux Fraises or Almond Cream with Strawberries. I wish I would have gotten a photo because the dessert was beautiful.
Thank you for letting me share our evening with you.
Tomatoes on the Vine 
Looks like a wonderful evening! I'd love to hear more about the Cooking Club. How does it work? How did you get started? I'd love to do something like that here in Omaha.
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What a lovely meal – thanks so much for sharing the photos. That Spinach Timbale really caught my eye – I absolutely love cooked spinach dishes. It all looks delicious!
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What a great meal! I'd love the pear/goat cheese salad.
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Lovely and filling meal….
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lovely(wine), yes and the food, too!
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Nice plate of food there! Good wine to match..
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A wonderful feast and excellent wine choice!
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What a fabulous-looking dinner! Every single thing looks amazing.
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Saint Julien! That's a great choice.
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un bon repas pour une excellente soirée bravobonne soirée
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Good food, good wine, sounds like the perfect evening.Mimi
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What a gorgeous meal! Your photos make it look all the more stellar. Can you believe i do not own Julia's book? I think I am the only one out there without it!
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What a fun and great evening you had. All the food looks fantastic.
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such a gorgeous spread! i'm in love with that cheese tray, i could eat the whole thing up!
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I could just dive into those potatoes. And eat them ALL. No sharing.
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I am drooling right now!
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Julia does have great gravy doesn't she???And love the cheese tray!And, come check what i did with your pecans today… but bring a towel, drooling will commence
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Nice Velva, wish I could have been there! A hunk of cheese and wine right now would be good too…
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You already had me at the 'Cheese Tray!\” Bravo everything looks fabulous! Rita
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Everything looks fabulous! What a nice evening!
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Sounds amazing. I've always loved reading JC's cookbooks, but I don't think I've ever actually made something from one.
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That all loos delicious! Pass the cheese tray please!
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really great Velva….love the pictures
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::: bowingThis all looks fabulous. I got the cookbook for Christmas and haven't had much of a chance to look through it. Are those Depression Glass plates? They look antique and very cool.
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This sounds like so much fun! I would love to be in a Cooking Club! Your meal looks absolutely perfect!
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What a beautiful meal! Wish I could have been there..although it would be a rather long drive.
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Looks fantastic, I love cheeses and those fruits look amazing… Actually it all looks fabulous!!!!! Thanks for sharing. Wish I could have been there to sample it. ha Hugs,Betsy
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What a fantastic meal! It looks and sounds amazing. I hope you are having a wonderful day. Blessings…Mary
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Thats quite a feast
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I would say a good time was had by all. How could you not with all that wonderful wood and wine!
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What a delicious plate of food!!! I know if I had been there I would have started with that dessert! Sounds terrific! I have one of Julia's cookbooks and have cooked from it but I have to be really motivated. Her recipes are long and time consuming but worth the effort!
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Os so scrumptious. The thing about Julia is – the recipes are worth the trouble. They rise above everyday cooking and she never disappoints. I would have loved to have shared that dinner.
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This is so beautiful! How I wish can join you for dinner 🙂
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sigh….this looks delectable.
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Sometimes you're having so much fun you just can't remember to take photos! Happens to us all. I love this meal and I love Julia's book. The recipes may take time, but are they ever worth every second!The wine along with the cheese tray would be the perfect start to a stellar meal.
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Sounds like a lovely get-together with friends. The wine. Yes, I saw and heard about the wine. 🙂
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Such a wonderful meal! Everythings look perfectly prepared and the cheese platter looks great too. Yummm…. Btw, where's the dessert?
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Ohhhh the spinach timbale has ideas spinning in my mind, so many ideas.
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While the filet mignon wrapped in bacon is hard to ignore, I could eat bowls of the roasted pear and goat cheese salad!
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What a wonderful meal to share with friends!
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Your pear salad looks delicious.
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Wow! This sounds like a great meal! Bet you had a great time!
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Waw!! Another GRAND meal, Velva!! The wine looks equally tasty too!
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OK, where did you get the Chaumes cheese?! I have had to take 3 wedges back to two different Publix stores because they were bad.Fresh Market is out too. Did you go to Clusters and Hops?Your meal looks absolutely wonderful!
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Wow……I love your cooking club….and I am excited cause I may be joining one soon…..but we''ll see!!!!!
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