Dinner - Sunday, July 11th

So I lied. Dress nice. I'm going to do three desserts, because as I remember now that I'm looking back over my notes I had some pretty neat ideas; I also had been doing some reading on sorbets and entertaining the idea of getting an ice cream maker - since I'm no longer doing that I'll let loose with a ridiculous amount of frozen confections. What I lied about was that the Pears Melba that we had were the last of the pears for the season - unless they stop selling them outright I will try to make one of the desserts a pear one: suitably epic for a season finale. This is a transitional time from spring to summer, the rain and foul weather has dragged on for too long, hopefully it will be clear but not too hot which will make the slightly heavier more decadent dishes not too overwhelming and lend to lighter more summer friendly dishes as well. What I have planned is relatively expensive - there's caviar involved - but is highly rewarding to experience; if the general consensuses is that it's too expensive don't hesitate to let me know, I can probably trim it down a bit. I just don't want to.

$25 per person if we have twelve people.

• Oysters & Pearls

Caviar, tapioca sabayon



• Hot & Cold Soups

Sweet & Savory Fruit Gazpacho

Blistered Corn Soup & Corn Ice



• Olive Oil Poached Bluefin

Ginger-mint Sherbet, toasted sesame, mint oil



• Glazed Pork Ribs

Apple relish, black pepper, ginger-celery jelly



• Sorbet:

Strawberry-balsamic

Raspberry-tillichary pepper

Tay Berry-Banyuls



• Roast Pear

Blue Cheese & pear-butterscotch ice cream, smoked candied walnuts



• Chocolate Covered Almond Cake

Orange caramel, chocolate covered almonds, orange sherbet