Entries from The Amateur Gourmet tagged with 'New Year's'
Party Food
Quick, rank the following from least important to most important, on the subject of "what makes a good New Year's party": a. food; b. music; c. decorations/lighting. Many of us food lovers would like to believe that music and decorations rank less than food when it comes to a happy New Year's eve, but now that I am the survivor of my very own New Year's party--one that lasted into the wee hours and alienated us from our upstairs neighbors--I can say, with great confidence, the ranking goes like this: food is the least important, decorations matter more and music matters the most. (Actually, alcohol matters the most; but we'll get to that later.)...
A New Year's Feast
If Molly Orangette invites you over for New Year's dinner, you don't say no. You say "yes" as fast as you can and hope she doesn't change her mind. I had to explain this to Craig who wanted to go but had "plans" with "friends" he's known "forever" and he "promised" them he'd spend "New Year's" with them, but I quickly disabused him of his faulty logic: friends are friends, sure, but friends are nothing next to a dinner prepared by Molly. Plus Molly was our friend. And she was cooking us dinner. She and her husband, Brandon. Cooking us dinner. Us. Dinner. What didn't he get? Craig saw the light and told his friends he'd see them later that night--a plan that actually never came to fruition. Not because Craig flaked out or because Molly held us hostage; that night Craig came down with a terrible flu that he's still battling. Did his friends put a curse on him? Perhaps. But this is the story of the last meal he ate in good health. And what a meal it was....
