CHOCOLATE

With Leslie Back

"It flatters you for a while, it warms you for an instant; then it kindles a mortal fever in you," says Madame de Sévigné, the famous 17th-century letter writer. Chocolate was the rage and today remains as alluring as ever. Leslie Back gives us the scoop!

CHRISTMAS FEATURE
AT THE VINEYARD HOTEL & SPA

With Alex Docherty, Executive Chef, The Vineyard Hotel & Spa

Celebrate the season of Christmas with an elegant dinner! A touch of brandy, silver studded snowmen and a fine Christmas cake. Scintillating cocktails, a trio of mushroom soup with a dash of brandy, braised lamb and delectable fondant potatoes with brandied apricot chutney. Panna cotta is the unctuous, creamy dessert with a citrus brandy sauce, and the most important of all, a fine Christmas Cake, well aged and redolent with Oude Molen 100 Reserve brandy. The finale an excellent coffee and some smooth as silk chocolate.