a feast was in order for friends to reveal our newly remodeled 44yr old kitchen. so refreshing the change, light and calming it feels. the food meant to be somewhat the same, slowly lifting the weight of winter's grip on the body.
and so, i share the deliciousness with you all. yes of course you can hire me to come cook a feast for your friends. any time - just give me a call.
i also included a short clip of Brene Brown, whose writing and teaching i enjoy a great deal. she talks about the food table as a place of community in one's home and how it brings people together. she also speaks of it as the place in the house where all is laid out - nothing is kept secret and everyone is supported. an interesting short piece and i feel that our food table does just what she says it does.
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enjoy & be well. marlo
creamy burrata cheese with melted tomatoes, shallots & garlic
arugula & butter leaf salad with apples, pears, sharp blue cheese,
toasted walnuts topped with a grainy mustard lemon vinaigrette
avocado deviled eggs with a dash of wasabi & scallion
fennel, blood & naval oranges, mint with a poppyseed
vialia onion dressing drizzled
bowtie pasta with sundried tomatoes, carmelized buttery
onions, steamed asparagus & parmesan cheese
roasted winter squash (a light variety whose name escapes me)
with cumin, black sesame seeds, olive oil, s&p
and a gorgonzola butter drizzled over it all
samoa pie which is coconut crust with a caramel layer under a
chocolate-coconut milk pudding and flaky malden salt sprinkled on top.
i cooked the caramel a touch too long as it became a very hard
candy under the pudding which was rather hard to bite into.
lemon cardamon spice cake with lemon glaze covering
....left out that we had beautiful cheeses, pates, salami and a
rather yummy pork shoulder with a mustard sage coating.
we set the pork out later in the evening and i forgot to snap a shot.
