eating and chating at a gathering

12-17-2016 Sat.  


WEEKEND BREAKFAST --- coffee
Party Brunch --- various bread with butter and jam | chocolate truffle | Chinese snacks || Shanghai-style borscht | cream mushroom soup | smoked and grilled promet fish | potato salad | sauteed winter greens with lily bulb | Brooklyn-style pizza | cakes | macarons | wine | fruit
DINNER --- leftovers

 

• done pretty well considering this is so far from the home turf

Holiday party

12-15-2012 Sat. chilly, sunny.  


WEEKEND BREAKFAST --- coffee with Baileys | croissant | bread and jam | apple  AFTERNOON-TEATIME --- tea 
DINNER --- ( at Marilu's holiday party) cucumber with red pepper hummus | tuna and turnip | cheese puff | smoked tofu salad | pan-fried Brussels sprouts with almonds | vegetable salad | wild rice | baked chicken rolls with prosciutto wrap and pesto sauce | broiled lamb rib crown with aioli | yule log cake | wine | beer 

 

• lots of food, wine and songs