Last night's dinner was just a tad different than one week ago My friend Neo (both of us formerly of Pictopia) invited me over for a spur-of-the-moment dinner with a group of his friends. Feeling the need for socializing, I heartily accepted his offer. I was inspired by the caterer from Nashville last weekend who told me that she was making something special, "a Kapree-zee Salad", which I'd probably never heard of (enter giggle here). I had been tempted to ask if she was using heirloom tomatoes, but thought better of it.
I did the CA thing yesterday and rode my bike to the farmer's market and picked up fresh, organic tomatoes on the vine and fresh basil. I zipped around to Trader Joes for the Buffalo Mozzarella and put together the "salad with a story". My story was a hit, but my lowly Kapreezee was overshadowed by the foodies who prepared the most marvelous buffet of smoked chicken, a roasted lamb (Neo is Greek, and Lamb is not meat in that household), home-made ricotta gnocci, risotto, pickled onion & avocado salad (yes, we Cal-e-fornians love our Avocado), and a bevy of home made sweets, including a chocolate torte and triffle. Additionally there was the wine tastings - 7 or 8 bottles were opened up and poured for tasting. The most delicious was a French Rose - a perfect complement for a summer meal. I reveled in the foodie chatter and even though the house was filled with munchkins aged 2-11 we hardly felt their presence at they gathered together, their little herd, and played nicely and quietly, leaving the adults to chit-chat about how we made our delectibles and other adult subjects.
It was a perfect evening. (thank you Neo!)
1 comment:
Thank YOU, Wendy. The caprese salad was hardly lowly! Very yummy. And it was great to see!
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