Dave and I hosted a little dinner party on Saturday. We decided to go our standard route of tricked out comfort food. Also known as "shamelessly ripping off Barefoot Contessa."
Homemade ravioli in homemade turkey broth, chicken pot pie, apple-pear crumble with homemade ice cream, cheese course, lots of wine. That's how we roll.
But this time we had a Theme. Dave called the theme "everybody gets their own individual dish at each course." I called the theme Existentialism. We were all together at the dinner alone.
My pot pie. Dave can fucking COOK. Too bad I am inherently alienated from him and from all else.
I made sure to work out the theme in the table setting, giving everyone their own individual, unmatched bud vase. Very isolating.
Over dinner, our absurd conversation drove off the nothingness for a little while.
This morning, I grouped the vases together into a kind of deconstructed bouquet.
En masse, the mini bouquets together were a more gorgeous whole than the sum of their parts. There's probably a philosphical lesson in that.
Everything looks so pretty! I'm pretty sure I need one of those pot pies too!
Posted by: Jamie | February 11, 2008 at 08:04 AM
Your photojournalism and the commentary are as good as the food was!
Posted by: Hubby's Prerogative | February 11, 2008 at 09:22 AM
I'm going to have to speak to my mail carrier. He neglected to give me my invitation which I'm SURE you sent weeks ago!
Posted by: melati | February 11, 2008 at 10:10 AM
I can't believe you guys cooked such fabulous stuff. Sometimes we just order Chinese or pizza for our guests and call that good. Now I feel like such a loser.
Posted by: angela | February 11, 2008 at 07:20 PM
Question for the moderator: do you guys *practice* dishes before serving them to guests?
We just went to dinner at the neighbors' for the second time, and for the second time, I brought an experimental dessert that ended up tasting lousy. We're never getting invited back.
Posted by: TasterSpoon | February 11, 2008 at 11:29 PM
Also - say what you will about the Barefoot Contessa, I once helped a gentleman create a Valentine's Supper out of one of her dinner party books and every single thing was incredibly good.
Posted by: TasterSpoon | February 11, 2008 at 11:30 PM
TS- Dave had made pasta a couple times, but not spinach, and not ravioli. So that was risky. And thanks to you, I am pretty handy with any manner of crisp or crumble. We were flying blind on the pot pie, but played it safe with pre-fab puff pastry. We usually only prepare tried and true items. I guess we're getting cocky. Thanks to the Contessa!
Posted by: Vaguely Urban | February 12, 2008 at 10:34 AM
Hm, apparently even having Dave over for a private 1 on 2 dinner featuring our own homemade delicacies is not enough to swing an invite to these fancy events. One of those old-married couples only things?
Posted by: 7thStreet | February 19, 2008 at 01:04 PM
So pretty! And delicious-looking. I hate the Barefoot Contessa but now I am hungry.
Posted by: Fraulein N | February 21, 2008 at 11:33 AM
ahahah I'm pretty sure Sartre would disagree with your last point...the whole is irrelevant. Loved your existentialist references though. Also, that looks really freaking good.
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