Mexican Night

Corn Tortillas with Queso Blanco

Black Bean Salad

(black beans, corn, avocado, tomatoes, cilantro with a squeeze of lime)

Beer

College Night

Buffalo Wins (homemade)

Ranch Dip (homemade)

Carrots & Celery

Black Bean Dip (homemade) & Salsa (not)

Chips

Beer

Brazilian Feast (OMG)

Great people, great music, celebrations. 

Caipirinhas

Arroz com feijao

Lombo com farofa

Churrasco

Salada de Palmito

Happy New Year!

Hoppin' John

Sauteed Kale

Long Grain Brown Rice

This New Year supper was absolutely delish.  We totally devoured it.  Hoppin' John is a southern dish with black-eyed peas, a bit of bacon, celery, onion, and flavored with bay leaves and thyme.  It is traditionally eaten on New Year's Day, as the black eyed -peas are supposed to bring luck and/or prosperity (depending on the source you read - but I'll take either!).  Greens are the typical side dish - these were sauteed in olive oil with plenty of garlic.  Add liberal amounts of hot sauce.

There's a bit leftover for Skippin' Jenny tomorrow!

New Year's Eve Dinner

Carrot Soup

with sherry & orange

Baby Romaine Green Salad 

with walnuts, cranberries
& tarragon vinaigrette

Paella

Filet with Bernaise Sauce

Potato and Fennel Gratin

Roasted Root Vegetables

Molten Chocolate Cake 

with vanilla ice cream & fresh raspberries

Perrier Jouet

A wonderful last-minute,  foodie "potluck" New Year's Eve dinner party for 6, including dear friends Nancy, John, Megan and Tony.  A perfect start to the year.

Menu: Anyway, inspired by Nigella

Shrimp with Maryam Zaira sauce

Cocktail nuts

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Scallops and Chorizo

Flatiron Steak

Spinach with Chickpeas and Sherry

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Pots de Chocolate with fresh whipped cream

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Red and white wines and beer

Coffee

Menu: Thanksgiving 2010 - a shared cooking feat and eating feast

Appetizers

Shrimp Cocktail

Aged Cheddar 

Smoked Gouda

Cashews

Vegetables with White Bean Dip

- Wine and Beer -

Dinner

Roast Turkey with Sage and Sausage Stuffing

Maple Sweet Potatoes

Mashed Potatoes

Braised Brussel Sprouts

Puree of Roasted Carrot, Parsnips, Turnips and Leeks

Cranberry-Orange Relish

 - Beaujolais Nouveau -

Dessert

Traditional American Pies

(pumpkin pie, apple pie, and pecan pie)

with fresh whipped cream

- Coffee and Tea -

Menu: Fall Harvest Supper for a Dozen or So Good People

Mexican Mole Chili

- brimming with beans, corn, peppers, and flavored with rich, deep mole sauce

(vegetarian or turkey) 

Corn Muffins

- with sweet cream butter and honey

Spinach Salad

- with walnuts and dried cherries & champagne vinaigrette

Apple Crisp

- served warm with homemade ginger ice cream

Wine, Oktoberfest beer, Cider

Spanish-Inspired Summer Snacks

Inspired by Nigella Express, part of a longer, light dinner menu.

Parrano cheese with Fig Jam on Walnut Bread

Chick Pea and Spinach Salad

infused with cumin and sherry

Almonds

Cherries

Cava

chilled and sparkling

Menu: Springtime Sunday Supper

Inspired by a similar supper at LG and BL's Paris apartment.  Great friends, great food, great light streaming through very large windows.

White Pizza

- with caramelized leeks and spring peas

Beetroot Salad

- with crunchy carrots and walnuts

Dessert

Assorted beverages on offer

- Beer, wine (red, rose and white), G&T, etc.

Menu: January Book Club chez moi

Clucks - a book group of wonderful and irreverent moms where more than half the people read more than half the book more than half the time

Carrot soup

- with sherry and orange essence

Spinach quiche

Lentil Salad

- Lentilles de Puy with citrus vinaigrette

Baby greens with walnuts and chevre

Cheese plate

- with fig preserves

Baguette

- with sweet farm-fresh butter

Apple tarte

- with homemade ginger ice cream

Red wine and assorted microbrews
Celebratory champagne

 

Menu: Boxing Day 2009 (with JS :-)

First

Pumplin ravioli with sage butter

Second

Filet

Mesclun greens with walnuts and blue cheese

Afters

Traditional Christmas pudding

Vanilla ice cream

Champagne

A Nice Red

Kisses

xoxoxo

Menu: Christmas Day Breakfast 2009

Santa Arrives

Coffee

Main meal

 Baked challah french toast with strawberry sauce 

Country-style sausage links

Fresh-squeezed orange and grapefruit juices

Coffee 
Tea 

Menu: Christmas Eve 2009

Appetizers

Broiled scallops & bacon

Broiled dates & bacon

Parrano cheese with fig jam

Baguette rounds

Crudite assortment with coarse kosher salt

Olives

Nuts

Chilled Prosecco

Gifts

Main meal

Prime rib roast with horseradish sauce

Roasted potatoes

Yorkshire pudding

Green beans almondine

Cabernet Sauvignon

Buche de Noel

Chocolate truffles

Coffee

Peppermint tea