A Mystery Gift!

I came back to my desk after a few morning meetings and found a book sitting on my chair. Not just any book, but "My French Vue Bistro Cooking at Home" by Shannon Bennett. This book looks awesome! Beautiful pictures and sections dedicated to food and wine matching, pantry and refrigerator ingredients to keep on hand, basic recipes for items like stock, eight-spice powder, mayonnaise, etc.

In the time I wasn't gazing lovingly at the photos and trying to figure out what to make first, I was trying to figure out who gave me such a thoughtful gift? It's no secret around the office that I have a ridiculous passion for food and cooking but who is the mystery gift giver?

My first thought was JV or WW, but no dice. If it was Monty, he would have earmarked pages and left notes saying "make this for me". I need to thank SOMEONE!!!!

And who exactly is Shannon Bennett? After a bit of research, I discovered he is an Australian chef and owner of Vue du Monde, a French restaurant in Melbourne. Some additional research uncovered the fact that Shannon was a recent guest on Martha Stewart's show. That lead me to the conclusion that the mystery gift-giver was none other than JC, who went to a Martha taping the other day with the Mrs.

Mystery solved! Case closed! I caught you JC! Looks like I'm going to have to have the newlyweds over for some coq au vin.