Pumpkin Pasta
 Fresh pumpkin, scallops, shallots, & bacon served in a creamy white sauce with spinach noodles - topped with roasted pumpkin seeds..

  
 

Chicken and Squash Harvest Dish
 A spicy twist on the fall harvest! Enjoy squash, chicken, red peppers, chilies, tortillas, Monterey jack cheese and southwest seasonings in this casserole dish..

  
 

Squash Risotto
Creamy squash risotto flavored with a hint of sage and rosemary.

  
 

Pumpkin Crème Brulee
Crème Brulee with a pumpkin twist. It's like having pumpkin pie without the crust!

  

 

Dining Divas Book Club
Tuesday, Feb. 7
4:30 Social time; 5:30 Event;
6:30 Skyping with the author


Running Away to Home:
Our Family's Journey to Croatia in Search of Who We Are, Where We Came From and What Really Matters
By Jennifer Wilson

    $40 for event, dinner and the book

    Call to register: 319-266-7581

Jen, her architect husband, Jim, and their two children had been living the typical soccer- and ballet-practice life in the most Middle American of places: Des Moines, Iowa. They overindulged themselves and their kids, and as a family they were losing one another in the rush of work, school, and activities. One day, Jen and her husband looked at each other–both holding their Starbucks coffee as they headed out to their SUV in the mall parking lot, while the kids complained about the inferiority of the toys they just got–and asked themselves: "Is this the American dream? Because if it is, it sort of sucks."

Jim and Jen had always dreamed of taking a family sabbatical in another country, so when they lost half their savings in the stock-market crash, it seemed like just a crazy enough time to do it. High on wanderlust, they left the troubled landscape of contemporary America for the Croatian mountain village of Mrkopalj, the land of Jennifer's ancestors. It was a village that seemed hermetically sealed for the last one hundred years, with a population of eight hundred (mostly drunken) residents and a herd of sheep milling around the post office. For several months they lived like locals, from milking the neighbor's cows to eating roasted pig on a spit to desperately seeking the village recipe for bootleg liquor. As the Wilson-Hoff family struggled to stay sane (and warm), what they found was much deeper and bigger than themselves.


Montage selected for
wine excellence
award 10 years in a row

CEDAR FALLS, IOWA -- wine awardLocally-owned restaurant Montage has been awarded the 2011 Award of Excellence by the national Wine Spectator magazine. This marks the 10th year in a row that Montage has received this award from Wine Spectator more...