Going organic!
Foie gras, homemade crab cakes, seared duck breast with chestnut purée, caramelized shallots and sautéed Brussels sprouts, orange fennel salad with olive oil and lemon, cheese tray (creamy Brie, Roquefort, ewe's milk cheese, Cantal, Parmiggiano Reggiano) with grapes and dried fruit and nuts (apricots, cherries, almonds, pistacchios), Bûche de Noël, Champagne throughout, bottle of Bourgogne with the duck.
Elle*
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You will hear thunder and remember me,
And think: she wanted storms. The rim
Of the sky will be the colour of hard crimson,
And your heart, as it was then, will be on fire.
Anna Akhmatova "White nights"
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