DINNER 353: Thursday, December 21, 2006

DINNER 353: Thursday, December 21, 2006

Wendy had a beauty treatment tonight after work so I spent the evening taking to the trash the MOUNTAIN of boxes we had accumulated from ordering most of our Christmas presents for everyone from the Internet (that took a while) and working on my preparation timeline for…

DINNER 354: Friday, December 22, 2006

DINNER 354: Friday, December 22, 2006

This evening, Wendy and I attended the first-ever Junior American Culinary Federation Dinner at Cincinnati State. A group of students in the Federation prepared a very nice meal — Roasted Butternut Squash Soup; Marinated Pear and Gorgonzola Salad with Caramelized Walnuts and Balsamic Vinaigrette; Turkey Roulade…

DINNER 355: Saturday, December 23, 2006

DINNER 355: Saturday, December 23, 2006

After cooking all day for the dinner we’re hosting tomorrow, Wendy & I met up with Dave for dinner and some last minute shopping (we needed to find plates for the ravioli course and the cheese course and maybe the dessert course, and some more…

DINNER 356: Sunday, December 24, 2006

DINNER 356: Sunday, December 24, 2006

As you saw in yesterday’s blog post, here is the menu we served for Christmas Eve. Here, I’ve expanded it to include the wines we served. My mother & father joined us, along with Paul, and Deb, two close friends. After Wendy & I went shopping…

DINNER 357: Monday, December 25, 2006

DINNER 357: Monday, December 25, 2006

MERRY CHRISTMAS! Wendy & I woke up early to celebrate our Christmas together with the pets. Once done with that, we headed over to Wendy’s family’s home to celebrate with them before being joined in the evening by Wendy’s extended family and my parents to celebrate…

DINNER 358: Tuesday, December 26, 2006

DINNER 358: Tuesday, December 26, 2006

After the hectic holidays, Wendy & I snuck to a dark, quiet Chinese restaurant (whose name I do not know — it’s the one near the Outback & Taj Mahal restaurants) for really good carryout-style food. Wendy had Pad Thai, I had General Tao’s Chicken…

DINNER 359: Wednesday, December 27, 2006

DINNER 359: Wednesday, December 27, 2006

My friend Paul was in from out of town (he stopped working at University of Cincinnati and took a job at Notre Dame, about 4.5 hours away from here) for the holidays, so Wendy & I met him and Julie at Tokyo Restaurant on Chester…