A Toast to the Bubbly!

At the end of June, one had the opportunity to celebrate the invention? discovery? of champagne by the Benedictine monk, Dom Perignon in 1682. I have just the recipe to do just that. And with our recipe this week, a bonus quote. Lord John Maynard Keynes, the British economist, is reputed to have said on his deathbed in 1946, "My only regret in life is that I did not drink more champagne."

CHAMPAGNE FRAMBOISE
Bon Appétit, June 1997

• Ice cubes
• 12 tablespoons framboise
• 8 teaspoons fresh lemon juice
• 1 1/2 750-ml bottles (about) chilled Brut champagne
• Garnish: 3/4 cup fresh raspberries (about 24)

Fill 8 champagne flutes with ice cubes. Pour 1 1/2 tablespoons framboise into each flute. Add 1 teaspoon lemon juice to each. Fill flutes with champagne. Garnish with raspberries and serve.