Other than the weather, we had a great time and I will include details in the coming days with accompanying photos. It was such a weird feeling to wake up today and have nothing that I HAD to do- I have a couple of projects related to my upcoming trips to Spain and my oral exam for my doctorate this fall, but there was no place I had to be today. I won't lie- it's a nice feeling. I spent the whole morning with my nose in a book- I started The Devil in the White City last night before going to bed, and I have not been able to put it down since. I've already read 150 pages. It's been a while since I've been so engaged in a book.
Below are pics from a lovely dinner we had while in Maine over spring break. I used some recipes from Giada's books, and got to use my new bridal shower gifts, too!
Barefoot wine, a great, very affordable choice for all kinds of meals; toast rounds with fresh parsely and garlic; raw veggies and hummus.
Juan's favorite: shrimp with his special salsa rosa.
The main course, Barefoot Contessa's oriental chicken salad- so, so, so good!
For dessert we had balsamic cream with fresh strawberries and orange wedges with vanilla ice cream.
I wish we had thought to get photos of the people, too, but we were just so excited about the food, I guess we forgot! In attendence were my parents; my aunt Diane and uncle John; my pal Amelia; and Juan and myself.
5 comments:
I have to comment on the dessert! The picture does not do it justice. It was very tasty, that picture looks like it was already eaten and redeposited on the plate! I have a much nicer picture in my mind of how it looked that night.
Mama
What a fabulous dinner, I'm salivating just looking at it. It really is a nice feeling not to have to do anything. Enjoy it while you can!
Oh - that last comment was me, your SP.
The Oriental Chicken Salad looks delliishhh... Tony (my boyfriend) is reading that book too. He is s a slow reader, but as soon as he is done with it, I want to have a go at it.
To answer your questions from your email, I was born in Argentina and moved to VA when I was 9. I have gone back about 5 times, but it just gets way too expensive!
However, my most favorite place in the world is Madrid. I spent a summer there "studying" spanish. I cannot wait to go back.
Paloma
I agree- the dessert does not look as good as it was. Whoever's plate it is took way too much ice cream and not enough fruit :)
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