the menu
on the menu for tonight's dinner guests:
cheese and crackers. i am keeping this one simple, stupid.
grilled salmon. a paul specialty, marinated in soy sauce, lemon, ginger, garlic, and eleven secret herbs and spices.
steamed green beans. (see "cheese and crackers" above.)
orzo with snow peas, spinach, lemon, and thyme. i asked our guests a few days back whether there's anything they don't eat. the only thing they don't like: mushrooms. spacker that i am, i forgot this and this morning found myself sauteeing mushrooms and shallots to add to the orzo. happily, i remembered before the point of no return. ("what am i supposed to remember about mushrooms...? something about mushrooms...OH.") unhappily, my only remaining onion was pristine on the outside but rotten on the inside. a quick trip to the grocery store restored harmony and deliciousness to my kitchen once more.
buttermilk country cake with caramelized nectarines and creme fraiche. thanks to terry for her excellent tip about the cake, which comes from rose levy beranbaum's the cake bible, the closest a book can come to kitchen porn. and thanks to paul for cutting up a million nectarines.
so what are you having for dinner?
Comments
shrimp po-boy
not really, but it was the only thing I could come up with that sounds like it could be in even the same contest as that meal. Happy eating.
Posted by: auntb | June 18, 2003 03:01 PM
me? oh, a 2 1/2 pound lobstter with butter and lemon.
Posted by: terry | June 18, 2003 07:50 PM
My dinner: some radishes.
Posted by: ranjit | June 18, 2003 08:58 PM
I forgot to eat dinner! I had some appetizers at a fancy restaurant in Ft Greene (how's that for cognitive dissonance?) and then just kept on drinking with my friend Shannon. I should have gone to Vermont for dinner!
Posted by: Molly | June 18, 2003 11:37 PM
1lb. of browned ground beef and half a packet ot taco seasoning. Speaking of needing to go to the grocery store...
Posted by: Tim | June 19, 2003 08:52 AM
molly, you are invited. ranjit, bring the crudites. tim, caramba. terry, screw you.
Posted by: julie | June 19, 2003 09:12 AM
woo hoo!
Posted by: Molly | June 19, 2003 02:33 PM
you know, a real lady would ask, "what may i bring?"
Posted by: julie | June 19, 2003 04:38 PM
There is absolutely nothing ladylike about me today. I spilled chili down the front of my jeans and I just spent three minutes yelling "Bugger, bugger bugger!" at the laser printer. If you're lucky, I'll come over and not belch.
Posted by: Molly | June 19, 2003 05:00 PM