Thanksgiving Day Menu 2008

Thursday, November 27, 2008
1:00pm



Pre-Meal Nibbles

organic baby carrots
pitted country olive mix
pitted kalamata olives
sweet pecans
sweet and spicy pecans
shelled, salted and roasted pistachios
marcona almonds with rosemary

aged Colorado goat cheese
fresh goat cheese
aged cheddar (Cabot reserve)

D'Artagne pate de campagne
Truffled pate

red-seedless grapes

homemade crostini
sesame crackers
rosemary crisps

beer: John Harvard Brew House



The Main Meal

Roast Turkey with cornbread sausage stuffing
Neiman Ranch Kansas City style BBQ pork ribs
Cornbread sausage dressing
Garlic Mashed potatoes
Cider Braised Squash with Rosemary
Oven-roasted beets
Steamed broccoli with butter and salt
Braised fennel
Cornbread
homemade whole cranberry and Grand Marinier sauce
homemade turkey gravy

Romain and Arugula salad with Roquefort, toasted pine nuts and red grapes
Homemade croutons
Homemade Balsamic Vinagreitte



Dessert

Apple Pie
Derby Pie
Bittersweet Chocolate and Pecan Pie
Pumpkin Pie
Dancing Deer Bakery Gingerbread


Fruit Bowl (clementines, fuji apples, seckle pears, kumquats)

Coffee and tea

A Birthday Celebration Menu

May 30th, 2007

A weekday birthday dinner - for my husband's 41st
a few of his favorite things...

Salad
Boston Lettuce, Radish, Cucumber with kalamata olives
Jacquin Bleuet blue goat cheese, France
Balsamic Vinagrette

Rosemary and Garlic rubbed rack of lamb, New Zealand
olive oil roasted fingerling potatoes
broiled tomatoes with Greek oregano
grilled asparagus with lemon juice

Santa Rita Merlot 2005, Chile ($6.00)

Valrhona chocolate mousse with freshly whipped cream
fresh strawberries