Muriel's Supper Club Search our site Novelist Maureen Daly has been a restaurant critic for The Desert Sun since the late 1980s. Her reviews appear weekly.
Tasting menu requires participation of the entire table, incidentally.
Large, linen napkins, elegant stemmed glassware, offbeat china, some dishes round and marked with Muriel's M initial, others square or oblong often halved in two colors. Tablesilver, changed between each course, with conventional spoon bowls, blades and tines, but with intricate wrought iron handles. Caymus Sauvignon Blanc, Napa. 1997 Chateau St. Jean Chardonnay, Sonoma. Smoked squab breast for the third course, two ounces, roasted and sliced over fresh arugula leaves and citrus sections, with foie gras sauce.