Friday Night Dinner
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FND 8/12/2011: Tapas (appetizers, finger foods, small plates)
Howdy folks, Join us for Friday Night Dinner with your favorite tapas (appetizers, finger foods, small plates). We will continue on the theme of accompanying frozen drink wonderfulness. Ursula will be in the house! Mimi is still not back but look out for her next week! Happy almost weekend… Ray and Sam
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FND 8/5/11: The first meal of the day, redux
Breakfast! English muffin with avocado, sliced cherry tomatoes, poached egg and a sploink of goats’ cheese. Pancakes with mashed strawberry and pear topping. Oats with raisins and pecans, etc etc. Breakfast!
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FND is back in Claremont! 7/29/2011: Grillin’ and chillin’
We are gonna fire up the grill for some back-to-Claremont eats. Grilled wonder will be accompanied by icy delight from the blender. We are fresh in from Route 66, and we have missed y’all! You’re gonna have to wait a few weeks to see Mimi — she is still whoopin’ it up with her grandparents.…
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FND 07/08/11: Stuffed baked potatoes and appetizgasbord
On this, the last* FND of the Summer of 2011, the good citizens will gather around their table of tubers, and yea they will descend on the fluffy starch nuggets and assorted suitable condiments with steely knives and ravenous appetites. Also there will be a variety of pre-feast noshies. So: bring your favorite person, potato…
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FND 07/01/11: Intersection of Sandwich and Salad
FND is primarily a communal kickoff for the well-deserved weekend, but we do tend to push the culinary envelope a fair amount. We’re gutsy, possibly even reckless. Case in point: tomorrow we will eat food which could be presented as either a salad OR a sandwich OR an open-faced sandwich OR (just one example) a…
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FND 6/24/2011: All kinds of Asian food
Phil has a whole mess-o-chinese broccoli in his fridge just waiting for us to create a meal around it. So bring on your favorite foods from Asia (define that how you like). For self-organizational goodness, you gotta be brave with the FND blog. Many folks said they were “waiting for others to post.” C’mon —…
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FND 6/17/2011: Big Breakfast!
Howdy NC Folks! Phil is back and Sam and Mimi are finally here! This week we will gather again at Phil’s place for a Big Breakfast. Here’s how it works. We will make some pancakes. You can bring eggs for cooking, omelette fixings, sausage or perhaps tofu scramble, fruit, makings for mimosas… You get the…
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FND-NC 6/10/2011: MYOB (Make your own burritos)
Howdy NC Folks! The first NC Friday Night Dinner of the summer was a smashing success! Thanks to everyone who made it out. This week we will gather again at Phil’s place for Burrito Wonderland. Here’s how it works. I will make a big pot o refried beans. You bring tortillas, an assortment of fillings,…
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FND 06/03: Lobster Thermidor a Crevette with a mornay sauce served in a Provencale manner with shallots and aubergines garnished with truffle pate, brandy and with a fried egg on top and spam
…which is what we affectionately call french toast, pancakes, maple syrup and chai. Hardly any spam (cue Vikings).
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5/27/2011: Pie and Smoothies
Our daughter Tulani is in town — come on out and meet her. We’ll be serving up all kinds-o-pie. Savory and sweet. Quiche anyone? It has been hot so we will also blend up some smoothies. And Tom will wash the blender after he uses peanut butter. See you soon! Ray