If any of the items I've mentioned tickle your fancy,
send me an e-mail and I'll be happy to send you the recipe.

Dick

Dick R. wrote:
> Hi All,
> We gave a dinner party gift certificate to my wife’s brother-in-law for
> his birthday.
> The idea was that we would cook and serve a dinner in their home for
> them and up
> to 8 guests, and they would pay for the food and wine.
> The appointed day arrived, and my wife and I, and good friend Betsy,
> dressed in our
> best “wait staff” outfits and went to prepare and serve dinner.
> The guests were greeted with a “Blue Bomber” cocktail - a very potent
> mixture of
> rum, brandy, blue Curacao, Mai Tai and sweet and sour mix) served on
> crushed
> ice, and topped with an edible flower.
> The menu:
> Brie fingers
> Lox bites
> Cinnamon coffee pecans and smokehouse almonds
> Gazpacho with croutons
> Crab cakes with herb sauce
> Watercress endive salad
> Chicken Wellington with creamy wine sauce
> Herbed wild rice pilaf
> Steamed broccoli and carrots
> The wine for the evening was a Ferrari-Carano 2002 Fume Blanc.
> After the guests were suitably fed, we served them bananas flambe’,
> Moscato d’Asti, and coffee.
> A wonderful experience, but I would never want to do it again – too much
> work!
> BTW: We received some feedback – several guests wanted to “hire” us for
> dinners
> in their homes.
> Just a thought,
> Dick R.
>