Holiday Boot Camp Cooking Class at Cafe Maxx

I love Hershey's chocolate. I feel the same about chocolate as I do about wine. Connoisseurs like dark chocolate and they like nasty wine that doesn't taste good to me. I don't get it!

Paula Deen

Holy Guacamole Soldier!   It’s Holiday boot Camp Cooking Class time with the world's laziest white man Chef Oliver Saucy- so get down here this Thursday for basic training.

You know that there will be friend and family type personnel in your home for the holidays and those people will be hungry and thirsty.  Most people with normal jobs aka civilians have time off work at this time of year and seem to consume a lot more grub and hooch at this time of year so you need to be ready.

These personnel will eat you out of house and home if you don't get down to Cafe Maxx to let Oliver and company show you how to prepare for your free loading family this holiday season.

Oliver is fully trained in Holiday Operations and can give you some helpful hints on dishes that you can prepare before hand to make your holidays not only tasty but less stressful for you- commander in Chief of your home.

I am talking to you, “Mr. Don't know what to make for that holiday party" and you “Mrs.what should we serve our friends that come over to drink all our good wine?"  We also have the director of wine libations on hand Andrew aka the wine guy from Wine Watch - You know they guy "Always drink the good stuff first."   He has some good stuff here that you can serve your family and not be embarrassed to drink yourself.  This is the LAST CLASS for the year and your only chance to get ready for the holidays! 

The class is then followed by a sit-down dinner and wine tasting, sampling the foods we've just prepared (it's really more like "Eater-Tainment). Cost for this event is $65 + tax + gratuity for reservations call 954-782-0606.

Holiday Boot Camp Cooking Class at Cafe Maxx
Thursday, November 15, 2012
5pm

 

Menu

 

Jumbo lump crab phyllo purses with corn sauce

Florida lobster empanadas

Grilled flatbread pizza, BBQ shrimp, jack cheese and Andouille sausage

Pecan-bourbon and chocolate chip diamonds

Double chocolate raspberry bars

Italian Panettone with eggnog sauce and berries

 

 

The idea behind our wine choices for this event is not to show you a wine that pairs with each course but rather to show you four different wines that have characteristics that may work with some of the foods but maybe not others.  This way you get to see potentially good as well as potentially bad food and wine pairings. 

 

Wine Line-Up:

2010 Mormoraia Vernaccia San di Gimignano
Price: $14.00       Sale $12.32          Case $143

A light and aromatic wine with notes of fresh apple and rose petal floral notes to the nose, very simple but also very pleasant.  Lots of ripe apple and white grapefruit like citrus on the palate with just a note of bitterness to the finish but enough fruit and floral notes last to the end.  Finish 30+  Very Good

2009 Lincourt Chardonnay Steel Santa Rita Hills
Price: $15.00       Sale $13.20          Case $153

This is all estate fruit and is fermented in stainless steel thus we have pure unadulterated Chardonnay, a wine that is bursting with apples, pears, lemon citrus and tropical guava.  Very fresh and lively on the tongue with a few years of bottle age to give it some complexity but still very fresh and lively on the finish.  Finish 35+ Very Good

2009 Carmen Petite Sirah Gran Reserva Maipo Alto
Price: $16.50       Sale $9.75                            Case $169

A deep and dark wine with jammy, blueberry/blackberry fruit very ripe and seductive with notes of green herbs and a touch of vanilla spice.  Big and fruity on the palate with sturdy tannins and some of that toasty oak showing with a nice balance of fruit, green herbs and fresh finish.  Finish 40+  Very Good +

2009 Simi Cabernet Sauvignon Alexander Valley
Price: $19.75       Sale $16.75          Case $202

A good amount of dark cherry and currant/cassis berry fruit on the nose with dark earth and dark chocolate notes. Dark currant cherry berry fruit on the tongue with nice structure and depth for a wine at this price. Finish 35 Very Good