Christmas Eve 2010

Posted on December 28, 2010 by Bob Gill

A few friends joined us Christmas Eve for dinner. We use it as a chance to create a slightly fancier menu than we do most weeks. We even plate the courses rather than serving family style as is our usual method.

Menu
Roasted Celeriac Soup

Cassoulet
Homemade rolls

Apple Pie with homemade vanilla bean ice cream

Saturday night – 12/18/10

Posted on December 19, 2010 by Bob Gill

Our friend Joe’s birthday falls toward the end of December. When asked what he’d like to have he mentioned fish tacos. So this week my “theme” was Mexican or maybe American-Mexican is a better way to put it.

Fish tacos
Pork tacos (seasoning based on this Cook’s Illustrated recipe – registration required)
Black bean & summer squash tacos
Spanish rice (Joy of Cooking)
Flour tortilla, mild mango salsa, medium tomato salsa, shredded cabbage, spicy mayo
Brown sugar cookies

Notes under here