Welcome to Cooking Club! The theme for the evening was a dish from your favorite celebrity chef.
I wanted to share with you photos from Saturday evening.
Enjoy!
The evening started an Isle of Pines Cocktail. You can check out the link here:
Wild mushrooms in a Madeira sauce served on whole grain toast points
Roasted fennel soup with a dusting of hazelnuts
Roasted vegetable ratatouille
Honey citrus glazed grouper with grapefruit-orange relish
http://tomatoesonthevine-velva.blogspot.com/2011/01/honey-citrus-glazed-cod-with-grapefruit.html
http://tomatoesonthevine-velva.blogspot.com/2011/01/honey-citrus-glazed-cod-with-grapefruit.html
Espresso Panna Cotta for Dessert
Another fabulous evening. Great food, great wine and great friends.
Tomatoes on the Vine 
You and your friends know how to do it right!!!! Wish we had neighbors like that.
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I love your cooking club! And that panna cotta? How marvelous. And nothing better than fennel soup; I'd really like to make that recipe, it looks excellent. (I already have your Isle of Pines recipe…yum)
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Some day, I'm going to come down and join the party!
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This all looks so good!
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Sign me up, what a great idea.
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Velva, so happy you invited me here today. So rewarding, just to see all this marvelous food all in one place.p.s. I just posted a short story about a young graduate student during her sojourn at Florida State University back in the seventies. Should you wish to see/read it, you'll find the blog classroomnotes on my profile.Tallahassee was always full of magic!
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great evening ,great food,wonderful job,velva!congrats!
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The loveliest menu and I have my eye on those mushrooms in Madeira today. Tomorrow it will be another one of your dishes and the next day, I will be enchanted with another. (How does one get an invite.)
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Looks fantastic:@)
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What a great evening.Everything looks so delicious ♥
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What an awesome spread. That may be the most inviting looking ratatouille I've ever seen!
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lovely food I need a club here 🙂
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Seriously yummy!!..xx
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Sounds like fun and I know it is; mant years ago we had a cooking club. Great memories. Creamed mushrooms on toast is fantastic.
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Looks like a great party, with a really fantastic menu! Just delicious! Cooking Club sounds so much fun!
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This looks so good! I am going to check out your other posts. I am your newest follower too.
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I guess I live too far away to ask to join your club. I can, however, live vicariously so keep posting those recipes.Best,Bonnie
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An excellent dinner, each course looks wonderful!
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What fun this club must be. The colors, textures and flavors would keep me busy all evening!
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What a wonderful idea. I need to start my own cooking club. Seeing your delicious eats certainly inspires me! Thank you for sharing, my blogging friend! I'm sending you wishes for a happy and delicious week!
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Thanks for visiting my blog! Your blog is very mouthwatering! And I love the very cute header of the tomato vine. Do you take all the pictures except for Wednesday? They are excellent! But I don't think I will try that snake coctail from a few posts back, why is it named that?
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Makes me wish I had been there!!!
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Sounds like great fun at this club!
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That's quite a spread – how do I join?
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Wow, beautiful food that looks delicious.
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It all looks amazing, but the picture of the ratatouille is particularly drool-worthy.
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Beautiful spread! I always wish I were at your get togethers…you guys know how to do it right!
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I want that fennel soup. So creamy looking!
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so so fun! cooking clubs are the best!
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DROOLING.OVER.EVERY.SINGLE.PHOTO!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Velva, how fun cooking club, never been to one…it seem that you all had so many yummie dishes 🙂
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A wonderful evening of fine foods & good company!! Those apéritives are looking lovely as well!Thanks fos sharing these well flavoured & vibrant dishes, dear Velva!
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What a wonderful evening. Everything looks delicious. When can I come? 🙂
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There is nothing better than a group of friends who love to cook and love to eat good food. Everything looks wonderful!
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How fun. I wish we had a club here. Everything looks fabulous.Sam
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Looks like a marvelous evening! Each dish looks so delish and to share it all with friends is just wonderful!
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What a feast. It must have been a spectacular evening. It make me yearn for a club in this area. I hope you have a wonderful evening. Blessings…Mary
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Mmmm…all the good food. Must be a lot of fun!
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Just thinking about all of this delicious food has me in a food coma! The marinade on that grouper sounds amazing!
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What a gorgeous meal! Looks like you had a lot of fun.
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wow, I'd love to take part in such a wonderful event! Everything looks soooo yummy.Cheers,Rosa
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Wow…what to say.. #1 looks absolutely wonderful.. #2 I'm totally jealous …#3 what's the cost of a plane ride to get a Provence Cooking Club going? 🙂 Thanks for this loveliness!
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What a great evening to have an awesome variety of food.
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Wow, I never been to a cooking club…it sure looks a lot of fun 🙂 Great and yummie food!
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*Drool* I would love to join your cooking club!
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WHen is the next one? I am flying in! HOLY cowsies!Gorgeous food.:)Valerie
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Fabulous! Except the A-Team movie has ruined toast points for me, lol.
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