{"id":6950,"date":"2017-10-16T22:42:34","date_gmt":"2017-10-16T22:42:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chezhelvetica.com\/blog\/?p=6950"},"modified":"2017-10-21T19:15:27","modified_gmt":"2017-10-21T19:15:27","slug":"a-mediterranean-medley","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chezhelvetica.com\/blog\/a-mediterranean-medley\/","title":{"rendered":"A Mediterranean Medley"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-6951 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/chezhelvetica.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Mediteranean-Table-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/chezhelvetica.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Mediteranean-Table-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/chezhelvetica.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Mediteranean-Table.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 85vw, 225px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>With inspiration from Armenia, Lebanon and Israel, ChezHelvetica brought the beautiful culture and tradition of <em>Mezza <\/em>to the table<em>.<\/em>\u00a0To begin we delighted in\u00a0<em>Sabra<\/em> Hummus and <em>Marin<\/em> <em>Gourmet&#8217;s<\/em> fire-roasted Aubergine with Lemon Crackers made of Whole Wheat Pita Bread. Then\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/toriavey.com\/toris-kitchen\/lemony-marinated-chicken-skewers\/\">Lemony Marinated Chicken Skewers<\/a>\u00a0fragrant with Cumin, Tumeric, Garlic and Red Pepper Flakes and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.finecooking.com\/recipe\/braised-fingerling-potatoes-with-thyme-butter\">Fingerling Potatoes <\/a>braised with Wine, Butter\u00a0and Fresh Thyme transported us to the spice tables of the Middle East. Velvety\u00a0<em>Acacia<\/em> Chardonnay from Carneros paired perfectly with this meal, yet was a heartbreaking reminder of our majestic Wine Country now devastated by wildfires. Finally, a sweet dessert to reaffirm the gift of the moment &#8211;\u00a0<em>World&#8217;s Finest Chocolates<\/em> Mint Meltaways and Caramel Whirls, and house favorite\u00a0<em>Ben and Jerry&#8217;s<\/em> Chocolate Fudge Brownie FroYo.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-6964\" src=\"http:\/\/chezhelvetica.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Skewers-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/>\u00a0\u00a0<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-6953\" src=\"http:\/\/chezhelvetica.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/FingerlingsSkewers-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/>\u00a0\u00a0<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-6979\" src=\"http:\/\/chezhelvetica.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Acacia-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/chezhelvetica.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Acacia-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/chezhelvetica.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Acacia-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/chezhelvetica.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Acacia.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 85vw, 150px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With inspiration from Armenia, Lebanon and Israel, ChezHelvetica brought the beautiful culture and tradition of Mezza to the table.\u00a0To begin we delighted in\u00a0Sabra Hummus and Marin Gourmet&#8217;s fire-roasted Aubergine with Lemon Crackers made of Whole Wheat Pita Bread. Then\u00a0Lemony Marinated Chicken Skewers\u00a0fragrant with Cumin, Tumeric, Garlic and Red Pepper Flakes and Fingerling Potatoes braised with &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/chezhelvetica.com\/blog\/a-mediterranean-medley\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;A Mediterranean Medley&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[87],"tags":[273,364,362,83,363],"class_list":["post-6950","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog-post","tag-acacia-winery","tag-ben-and-jerrys","tag-marin-gourmet","tag-sabra-hummus","tag-worlds-finest-chocolates"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezhelvetica.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6950","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezhelvetica.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezhelvetica.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezhelvetica.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezhelvetica.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6950"}],"version-history":[{"count":117,"href":"https:\/\/chezhelvetica.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6950\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7072,"href":"https:\/\/chezhelvetica.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6950\/revisions\/7072"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezhelvetica.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6950"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezhelvetica.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6950"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezhelvetica.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6950"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}<!-- WP Super Cache is installed but broken. 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