Just to be sure you’re eking every last little bit of goodness out of the season, book at table at L’Espalier’s Summer Bubbles Dinner on Thursday, August 4th. Wine Director Lauren Daddona will be choosing some well-suited sparklers to pair with an equally summery five-course menu, which includes decadent ingredients like foie gras and lobster, alongside farm-fresh heirloom tomatoes, local corn and Maine blueberries. The meal, including its effervescent accompaniments, which hail from France (of course), as well as California, Spain and Italy, costs $125 per person. Reservations are required so give L’Espalier at ring at 617.262.3023 before it’s too late.

Amuse Bouche
Melon with Maine crab

First Course
NV Laherte-Frères, “Ultradition”, Rosé, Champagne, France
Heirloom tomato salad with grilled Cape Ann lobster
and frozen avocado mousse

Second Course
2012 Schramsberg, Blanc de Noirs, North Coast, California
Seared Hudson Valley foie gras with sweet corn,
chanterelle – burnt onion jus

Third Course
2012 Cantina della Volta, Lambrusco di Sorbara, Emilia-Romagna, Italy
Wood fired Long Island duck breast with warm peaches,
pickled currants and Hakeuri turnip

Fromage
2015 Avinyo, Petillant, Penedès, Spain
Coupole from Vermont Creamery with Maine blueberries and wild flower honey

Dessert
2014 Cidrerie du Vulcain, “Premiers Emois”, 
Demi-Sec Cider, Fribourg, Switzerland
Buttermilk pie: Buttermilk custard topped with lemon-thyme peaches, “honeycomb”, burnt honey and sweet tea sorbet