This month, L’Espalier is combining two fan favorites to create one ultimate dining and drinking experience. Monday, August 20th, stop by the Boylston bistro at 7:00pm for Frank’s Farm to Fork and Favorite Wines, a mashup of the restaurant’s seasonal Farm Dinners with their iconic Wine Monday series. Get a taste of New England’s freshest ingredients prepared in the most refined French style, paired with adventurous wines from all over the world, beginning with Squash Blossom Fritters and French Champagne. Check out the rest below; tickets are $110, and reservations must be made the old-fashioned way. Call 617.262.3023 for yours.

AB
Squash blossom lobster Fritters
NV   J. Lassalle, Preference, Champagne, France

First
Cucumber, heirloom tomato and nasturtium salad with ricotta dumpling; orange buttermilk vinaigrette
2009 Cliff Edge, Mont Langi Ghiran, Riesling, Australia

Second
Halibut slow cooked in sweet bulb onion broth with clams and corn pudding
2017 Domaine Marquiliani, Anne Amalric, Corsica

Third
Local pot-roasted chicken and lemon tarragon sausage with garden eggplant summer squash gratin, fresh dug velvet potatoes and herb jus emulsion
2012 Domaine Philippe & Vincent Jaboulet, Crozes Hermitage, Nouvelère

Dessert
Roast plums in vanilla and lemon thyme on poppyseed cake with anise hyssop and creme fraiche ice cream