Wine & Words

Soups of the Week
Onion Soup - Bowl $5, Cup $3.00
Kitchen-made from sweet onions and our own chicken stock.  Topped with a Blue Cheese Crostini.
Chilled Spinach & Avocado - Bowl $4, Cup $2.75
Fresh spinach and fresh avocado pureed in our own chicken stock and topped with a dollop of fresh cream
 
Sandwiches of the Week - $6.50
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Tapa Special

Red Pepper Rouille & Shrimp Toasts - $6

Rouille is a Provencal sauce of roasted red peppers, garlic, paprika and mayonnaise.  Here we use it to top fresh NC shrimp on bread toasts

French Cheeses Sampler - $8.50

First chance to try this month's Featured Cheeses from France: Morbier - pungent, yeasty unpasteurized cow's milk from Jura Mountains; Tomme de Savoie - semi-firm cow's milk from the French Alps; Boucherondin de Chevre - semi-aged goat's milk from Loire Valley
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Recipes are fascinating. With a well-made recipe, the right ingredients and a little skill (not to mention an adventurous attitude) you can prepare great food in your home for your family or guests. Our home is "littered" with cook books from around the world. Many of them are available in the book section of Wine & Words in Belhaven and Wine & Words...& Gourmet in Washington. When we find a recipe that looks tasty, we try it out on our guests at The Back Bay Cafe. Those that sell out quickly and are greeted with "ooo's and aaah's" become part of our repertoire.
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I'm reading a book about coffee and I'm finding there's a lot to learn. But it's fun. Just like learning about wine, there's geography and geology, botany and chemistry. And, just like wine, it all results in a tasty beverage with pleasant psychoactive qualities. We like Counter Culture because, as they say on their website, they're "Coffee Driven."
We also serve Counter Culture in our Back Bay Cafe.
See what featured coffees are available below.