Had ma self a nice little dinner party last night. All on a bit of whim. I felt most of the first days of the new year with no appetite. Actually, I didn't eat much of anything while I was in DC too. So I felt super starved. Anne-girl and I had plans to do something that didn't cost much of anything, preferably free.
So I gave bb a ring and told him I had this great lil kitchen he could cook in if he wasn't working. Lucky us he was free. So Anne-girl picked him and brought him out here. We looked over some his culinary school stuff and decided upon a garlic basil vinegrette for a salad and Chicken Marsala.
Then off to Jewel which was a lovely adventure in itsself. Starting off with tearing into fresh French bread first thing. Our goal: To keep the dinner under 50 dollars. This was pretty difficult since we needed to get a lot of basics to pad what we'd found in the pantry. There was also fact that Anne-girl has been having bad reactions to processed sugars so everything had to be fresh or made from scratch. We were on a bit of a time crunch since we all were starving and expecting the unicorn to show up at the apartment.
Race back to the apartment. With little help from me, lotsa help from Anne-girl, and some "pretty-good" bottles of wine from wine snob of a unicorn, brian presented a wonderful dinner. We had some nice candlelight, great Brazilian music, and some enlightening conversation and gossip. Even a few dances on these great hardwood floors. Dessert: A strawberry/basil/redwine reduction on poundcake.
God, I miss hosting lil dinner parties. AG reminded me that my last party was NYE 2002. At a another house sitting gig with fantastic hardwood floors... good times. but even if its just a food making together, that's be good too. i think next week its crepes and Fitzgeralds for dancing. Make your reservations now
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