A tour of the "antiquaires"

Michelle and I wandered at the local antique shops in search of ... temptation.

Michelle found this beautiful set of wine glasses for 8 that I gave as a gift for their kind hospitality. The wine carafe that you see in the back of the glasses has a very cute shape. It is carved glass circa 1930; there are Champagne glasses, red wine glasses and white wine glasses, plus a wine carage and a water pitcher. I suggested she uses silver tumblers as water glasses.
Jean-Pierre served panisse as an appetizer. It is presented as a cylinder and it is made of chick pea flour. It is a Marseille speciality, and once the slices are cut, they must be fried.
It is tasty and perfect with a salad of tomatoes.
The main course was yet another handsome presentation by Jean-Pierre: Cod loin portions served with a citrus sauce and spring vegetables.
He had taken the time to cut thin filaments of orange skins that he cooked (Jean-Piere as many good chefs, does not share his recipes!!) and served on top of the fish, that had been baked. The sauce was incredible!

We had roquefort cheese for dessert, served with a red sweet wine, Maury, served chilled. Surprising and very interesting!

Finally, we had small financiers, which are a classic French cake made with powdered almonds instead of flour, plus melted butter, sugar, and egg whites. He used the same pans as he had used the day before for the pinapple small pound cakes.

We had an excellent Armagnac.