Dinner Recap

Sorry for cutting recipe week a little short. I spent most of Wednesday night through Friday running around like a chicken with its head cut off, getting things ready for this past Saturday’s dinner party.

I think the final count was 11 courses and 34 people and everything seemed to go off pretty well. The dinner and dessert lasted from around 830 at night to about 1230 and the only real hitch in timing was the 30 minute scrambled eggs. I couldn’t get the temperature under the double boiler high enough to cook them in a timely (a half hour kind of timely) manner so we decided to fire up a couple plates of gnocchi and sweetbreads to tide people’s appetites. Overall, I had a great time playing chef for the night and I think the guests enjoyed themselves too.

I didn’t take any pictures of the food but I have a wonderful friend who is also a photographer and has some really great looking food shots (and recipes) that I will put up as soon as she gets them to me. Until then, I’ll leave you with a picture of the tiny kitchen where we do all the cooking…

24 hours after the carnage.