birthday celebrations, part 3

At long last, it is time to talk about all the yummy food we ate on our weekend away. There was lots of it, and most of it was already resting happily in our stomachs before I realized I should have gotten a picture of it, but these are a few of the winners.

Eggplant fries with a spicy Indian and goat cheese dip. This was the starter at dinner on our first night in town at a place called The Perfect Wife. So so good. I never would have put goat cheese with Indian spices, but the flavors were fantastic.

Remember this picture? Despite the unhealthy yellowed look it is getting from the candlelight, this dessert was incredible and delightfully simple. We both spied it straight away on the menu at Candeleros and decided to order before we had even selected our entrees (this was big, considering Brendan doesn't typically do dessert). It was a southwestern take on strawberry shortcake using grilled cornbread. Great buttery warm cornbread with loads of fresh strawberries and melting whipped cream...delish!

These last few shots are from our stop at a farm stall outside of Brattleboro where we stocked up on most of our picnic goodies. Truth be told, I pretty much wanted to buy everything- the produce looked fantastic, the baked goodies were warm and smelled so good. 

In the end, we bought strawberries (the best tasting ones we've had all summer), a loaf of oatmeal bread to go with the cheddar cheese we got earlier, and a peach raspberry pie. Oh those pies...they had so many that wanted to come home with us. We bought just the one and may or may not have eaten all of it in one sitting. A lady never eats and tells...