The Morrisville and Preston Progress, Wednesday, September 27,1995 >11
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Our September dining experience
at Prestcnwood was to be shared
with Al Phillips and his wife, Teri.
However, about a half hour befcm
time to leave for our dinner reser
vation, my oldest daughter Holli
said, "I thought Al and Teri w^e
going out with ya’U (ya’U being
myself and husband James) to
celebrate James’ birthday and
Teri’s retirement as a flight at
tendant."
I absentmindedly responded,
"Yeah, and I'll be doing the formal
dining column on tonight’s dinner."
Holli chirped, "Oh weU, I just
saw Al drive by on bis tractor."
I pondered this fw a moment be
fore replying, "You must be mis
taken."
Holli, full of confidence, replied,
"Nope. It was d^nitely Al."
Now concerned, I asked, "A few
minutes ago as in a few minutes
ago, or a few minutes ago as in half
an hour ago?"
Holli, seeming to understand the
gravity of the situation but also
seeming to find it irresistibly
humorous, attempted to keep a
straight face as she answered, "A
few minu^s ago as in 10 minutes
ago."
When the phone rang minutes
l^er, Holli couldn’t resist eaves-
droiqiing. "Hello?"
"Roxanne this is Teri. You’re not
going to believe this..."
"Oh I might Does this have
something to do with AI’s more
stubborn side still being seated on
the tractor?"
"Yes, How’d you know?"
"Never mind. It’s okay if we’re a
little late. Listen T^, just go out
side with the Windex bottle and tell
him be can get a shower indoors or
out that it makes no difference to
us."
Sounding dismayed, Teri wailed,
"Seriously, Roxanne, he’s not
going to do it. He says he’s got to
finish while he’s got the help and
the weather. Is it okay if just I
come, or could you and James just
go out fw a romantic dinner or
something? I’m so sorry. I hope we
haven’t ruined your evening, or
you’re not mad or anything..."
"Teri..."
"Yeah?"
"Of course it is okay if just you
come. The three of us will have a
"You’re sure?"
"You’re not mad?"
"Of course I’m mad, but only at
Al, so come cm and let’s go have a
great dinner."
A short time later the three of us
arrived at Prestonwood, only for
James to run into someone be
knows. They chatted for a few
minutes before James turned to us
and said, "Um. Look...uh, I’ve been
PrestonwoocJ
Gourmet
By
Roxanne Powers
playing phone tag with this guy all
week. We really need to talk.
Would you two mind entertaining
yourselves for about 45 minutes?"
"Who us? We’ll just pretend to be
acting in a segment of Home Im
provement where Tim and Al
forgot to show up!"
Deciding that this would be an
excellent time for me to give Teri a
grand tour of the Prestonwood
facilities, we waltzed off to the
workout room where we happened
upon a man bard at work Ufting
weights. Feeling as if we were in
truding, I hurriedly said, "This is
the workout room. Now for the
jacuzzi."
The man smiled and pointed to
the ceiling, his muscles rippling
and gleaming admirably with the
movement of his arm, and said,
"Jacuzzi’s iq) there."
A bit taken aback, I replied, "But
that’s the men’s locker room!"
The man only grinned and
drawled, "I’m not shy if you’re
not" Teri and I looked at each
other, grinned and shrugged, and in
unison said, "Why not?"
One hour and two bottles of
champagne later, Teri and 1 met
James in the formal dining room.
With the arrival of our first
course, we were so imiH'essed with
the choreograftfiy of our waiters
(three waiters came to our table and
placed our courses in unison), that
we indulged in a little choreogra
phy of our own. First we placed a
bite of food on our forks and
passed to the left, then we placed
another bite and passed to the right.
For the first course, James’
pistachio crusted breast of duck
with a bramble berry compote won
the t^ie test. While it is pretty
much universally accepted that
duck is almost always better served
with a sweet sauce, it is also my
opinion that it is better served with
some kind of nut (watch it James!)
and with something of color...in
this case the bramble berry com
pote.
My spinach dr^ied salmon with a
tomato coulis won "Best of Show."
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By Ron Pago
For youngsters playing soccer,
the Town of Morrisville will be the
place to be. Town commissioners
have agreed to permit CAMSA (the
Cary, Morrisville, Apex Area Soc
cer League) to use the large open
area at the rear of Lumley Park for
practices.
Approval of the recreational area
by fee league of nine- and ten-year-
olds came at fee Sqit. 25 meeting
of fee Morrisville Board of Com
missioners. It was amcmg a variety
of projects acted upon by the com
missioners.
The soccer league has been given
a five-year use of the large area.
Some landfill work will be needed
to level the area into two playing
fields. The fewn will retain use of
the fields fen* ofem* events feat may
occur.
In other town business, Oct 23
was fee date set fen* a public bear
ing on a request from Cary Montes-
sori School, Inc. to consider rezon
ing about 30 acres of land off
Morrisville-Carpenter Road from
agricultural district to office and in
stitutional district The site is oppo
site the Morrisville Town Hall. The
school wants to buy fee site to
build a $4.5 million campus.
Approval was given to purchase
an equipment trudi for fee fire de
partment in the 1995-96 fiscal year.
Cost was set ^ between $210,000
and $215,000. It was pointed out
that the equipment was needed for
the town fe maintain and inqirove
its insurance rating, and that funds
for the new truck are included in
the coital equipment reserve fund.
Appointments through August
1998 were made to the lining
and Zoning Board, the Board of
Adjustment, and fee Parks and
Recreation Advisory Committee.
Named to the Planning Board
were Ray Ballentine, Scott
salmon was so neatly wrapped in a
steamed spinach leaf that the chef
must have used hospital corner,
but most imjxessive was the play of
color and texture between fee deep
green color of fee spinach against
the backdrop of vivid red tomato
coulis. Teri had the red lentil risotto
with brunoise crudites (box-cut raw
vegetables) on a plate painted with
oil infused with chives.
For fee second course we didn’t
do much choreogr^hing (or samp
ling of each other’s soup), but
James’ classic onion soup gratine
looked and, according to him, was
delicious. Teri’s Maryland com
chowder was predictably pale yel
low in color but with a colorful in
fused oil drizzled over the top, it
took on an added visual appeal, and
Teri proclaimed the com flavor in
this creamy chowder to be so subtle
that it left the taster wanting sec
onds. I had the harvest pumpkin
soup which was good but tasted
suspiciously like pumpkin pie feat
didn’t set.
For the third course, Teri had the
leaf spinach with sun-dried
tomatoes and gold peppers with
Bermuda onion and Valencia
orange vinaigrette. James had fee
caesar salad prepared tableside. I
know, I know...it’s not original, but
it’s tried and tme, and furthermore,
no menu is complete without it. I
bad the ripe fruit with toasted
hazelnuts and a warm brandy dress
ing. This dish was nicely presented
with thin slices of honeydew
fanned mt in one direction and thin
slices of cantaloupe fanned out in
the other, topped and surrounded
with bramble berries and drizzled
generously with a warm and
creamy brandy dressing.
Since Al Phillips loves a good
paella, we couldn't help but think
of him when we saw feat this
month’s menu included a Mediter
ranean jambalaya wife littleneck
clams, shrimp, scallops, crayfish,
calamari and angel hair. I believe it
was at this point that Teri really be
gan to miss Al and mused that the
rode she usually wears on her left
band might indeed make half of a
decent set of earrings. Of course, in
(vder to imnain in good stead with
Mrs. Al Phillips, be might need to
come up wife fee other half of this
set of earrings, and, of course, fee
rode on her left band needs fe be
more carats than fee rocks in her
ears...so AL old buddy, old pal, the
way I figure it maybe you were
here for dinno: tonight af^ all, be
cause it looks as if you have about
six more carats you need to cboke
down.
Meanwhile, back to the entrees.
James had the char-grilled Black
Angus sirloin strips sliced and
fanned on the plate and topped with
a cracked pqipercom demi-glace
wife garlic roasted red potatoes and
sweet peppers left undressed.
Teri had fee cayenne pepper
seared fillet of salmon served on a
bed of sauteed string beans, topped
and surrounded wife a cucumber
relish, wife all resting on a plate
painted with an infused chive oil
and an oil infused with sun-dried
tmnatoes.
I had fee roasted field quail with
a wild rice dressing and Parisienne.
vegetables. 1 was a bit concerned
feat fee wild rice dressing might be
a little more "textured" than I
would like, but I’m h^py to say
that it wasn’t The quail, too, was
thoroughly enjoyed, so when the
chef does bis customary inspection
of my plate to see for future
reference what patrons didn’t en
joy, be won’t find much to inspect
He might however, find a few of
those carats what Al couldn’t choke
down.
Speaking of AL I love ya, Al, but
I hope you’re squirming a bit over
the champagne and jacuzzi thing.
As fix the rest of you who know
Teri Phillips and Roxanne Powers
and believed that nonsense for even
a minute, "shame, shame, shame!"
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Appointed to the Board of Ad
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well, Henry Hooks (chairman),
James Kochuk, Jack Walton and
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