Levedy

Better than expected

Friday I had three other couples and their babies over for dinner.

The dinner party went off with only one hitch: I was rushed and didn't have time to mop the floors before everyone came. There was a little oil on the floor from cooking, and, since everyone always ends up in the kitchen, I now have oily shoe tracks all over. No worries, it's nothing a little Mr. Clean can't handle, it was just a little embarassing.

So, the food was:

Appetizers:
Asparagus and swiss cheese wrapped in puff pastry
Dolmades (which few people ate, leaving me with dolmades for breakfast...mmmmm)
Bacon-wrapped dates stuffed with hot sausage - I only had one, but it was GOOOOD - the sweet of the date with the yummy salt of the bacon, and pork fat from the bacon and sausage, mmmmmm.

Dinner
Chicken Athena - made with white wine instead of ouzo. I didn't want to scare the straights with licorice-flavored chicken
Orzo Salad with scallions, bell peppers, olives, capers, and feta
Heirloom tomato terrine with goat cheese cream

Dessert
Vanilla panna cotta

The food was good, the company was good, and the babies were well-behaved. I think I'll do it again.

Posted by Jen at August 12, 2006 5:33 PM