TEXAS HILL COUNTRY WINE & FOOD FESTIVAL

Just got back from the kick-off for the Texas Hill Country Wine & Food Festival at Abacus. Lunch was wood grilled John Dory with roasted clam chowder sauce and mascarpone and grilled corn polenta. Let me translate: Yum. I also was offered wines from Texas’ Fall Creek vineyards, which of course took them up on.

The best, though, had to be the dessert–fresh ricotta cheese from Paula Lambert’s Mozzarella Factory made into cheesecake amcur, saffron Anglaise, brown butter pears, and black current sorbet.

Thank heaven, I’m going to the gym later. For more info on the upcoming festival, hit this site. If anybody needs me, you can find me napping under my desk.