This year I'm mixing up the menu for this party:
Hot butter rum is OUT! Champagne cocktails are IN!
Vast arrays of cheese are OUT! So are crudites and dips.
Small baked one-bite appetizers are IN!
Homemade macaroni and cheese are OUT! Spanakopita is IN!
Pears poached in Riesling are OUT! Pear granita is IN!
So here's the menu. I'll add pictures as they are available.
BEVERAGES
Sparkling wine cocktail: Poinsettias
Christmas ale
Nonalcoholic
sparkling cranberry and apple juice
Wines with dinner
APPETIZERS
TJ’s crab cakes & aeoli (surprisingly good for a store-bought item)
Shrimp puffs
Marinated Manchego cheese, quince paste, and fennel flatbread
Stuffed mushrooms (I thought they looked like poo, but they tasted great)
Chocolate peppermint bark
Fruitcake (no jokes, please!)
DINNER
Cream of tomato soupDESSERT
Spanakopita
Green salad with clementines and pear
Cranberry tart
Pear Riesling granita
Candied rosemary garnish
Oh, and can't forget the favor bags.
7 comments:
The menu sounds perfect! Sophie must be so happy havig a cool Mom who knows how to cook-yum!
Good lord, this time I mean it, I'm getting on a plane.
Oh, wait I have about a thousand cookies left to bake and ice. Not to mention my personal holiday baking and candy making. Bummer!!
Have a great time, sounds terrific!
Sounds delicious, BUT...do NOT tell me hot buttered rum is out, since I had been waiting AGES to use the recipe you posted a few weeks (or more?) back, waiting for LA to cool off a bit, and JUST LAST NIGHT got to make it, and it was soooooooo good.
So it can't be out. It's just...not in.
Looks like a wonderful party! I can't wait to see the pictures!
People must be beating down your door to be a guest at your home. It all looks and sounds wonderful--and favor bags are such a nice touch.
Sounds fabulous!!!
My mouth is watering!!!
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