Wine & Words

Tapa Specials

Nuovo Specialty Pasta - $5

This week we introduce a new flavor -  Portabella & Asiago Ravioli Gigante.  The mushroom & cheese-filled pockets are striped with colors of sun gold. We top them with some grated Asiago cheese from Chapel Hill Dairy.  Give them a try!  (Also frozen in retail packages you can take home from our deli case)

Chapel Hill Creamery Cheese Plate - $8.50
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Soups of the Week
 
Black Bean & Rice with Vegetables Soup- Bowl $4, Cup $2.75
Just the ticket to warm you and fill you up.  The veggies include carrots, peas, tomatoes and turnips.   
Mulligatawny Stew - Bowl $5, Cup $3
An Anglo-Indian soup with ham & chicken, apples & rice and a warming curry kick.
 
Sandwich of the Week
 
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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.