Dick,
The menu for the party sounds fabulous. How do I get on the guest list
....for the next party?
Anything planned for Northern California? I'll be at Ferrari-Carano this
week-end. I love their
Fume Blanc. Please forward to me a copy of the Chicken Wellington and Crab
dish .
Best Regards,
Rick Dalderis


"Dick R." > wrote in message
...
> 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.
>