Oeufs en meurette
A spontaneous brunch for our friend Tobin: inspired by Chef Andrew’s spectacular poached eggs at his pop-up dinner at Serenbe last month, and featuring Crystal Farm eggs, kohlrabi and arugula.
With an Aperol prosecco spritz: plus a little drizzle of blood orange juice, a candied ginger garnish, and blood orange twist. Happy Sunday!
This was another great potluck, with special finds!
Sam & Cornelia brought a portion of their bounty – morel mushrooms foraged earlier in the day! – to share with us. Sam sautéed them in a little butter and that’s about it… and all they needed! They were mouthwatering.
And we harvested our few not-so-little oyster mushrooms grown from the bag they gave us. We may have more growing in the floorboards of our guest room, as that’s where we put the bag for safekeeping from the rambunctious Luce. When I checked on it, the table and floor were white with spores, but we had the beautiful crop for use in our dinner.
Apologies to all, as I’ve now forgotten what the other dishes were (posting this after the fact), EVEN the one we made with the oyster ‘shrooms. If you snapped a pic of the dishes, please forward to me. OR let me know and I’ll make you a contributor to the blog so you can post them yourself! 🙂
Victor made a lovely brunch of poached eggs on a bed of Swiss chard and white beans.
Cena da casa Preston!
Per celebrare la prima di primavera, abbiamo cena con gli nostri amici Anne e Clay. Clay cucina il cibo favuloso:
E vino italiano, certamente!
Molta buona! Che una meraviglioso strada comincia la primavera!
Can’t believe we didn’t get any pictures… but, come to think of it, isn’t that better? We were all just in the moment, chatting and enjoying each other’s company, rather than trying to document it for later. Anyway, we had friends over last night, and Victor made a feast, and served in courses! Here’s the menu:
And many bottles of wine… shared with friends Wriston & Tony, Colleen & Peter, and Christine. A very serendipitous gathering prompted by the early spring weather, as we dined on the patio so our friend Tony could stay for longer than 10 minutes. Cat allergies. It was so beautiful and we had the perfect weather for it! Before waking up to the lovely rain and a foggy head! Worth it. Totally!
Tonight may have been a record for attendance at our little gathering. We had 19 people total! If it isn’t the record, it’s close!
It all started at 6:30, when our neighbor Marcia showed up, for the first time! What a great surprise! We had a lovely chat while I folded napkins and other last-minute (as usual) prep. Then others started coming, and coming, and coming! It was a delight every time the door opened. After awhile, our neighbors from across the street, having seen the line of cars on the street, texted me to say, “Do you have room for us tonight?” But of course! The more the merrier!!! Ah! We’ve achieved critical mass? (But not capacity! No! Never! We’ll find room.)
We got to actually expand into the annex – the media room, which we’ve only had to do a handful of times so far. The food was as usual phenomenal. And there was definitely a common theme: kale!!! One of our all-time favorite foods. And lots of other goodies! And for dessert – a birthday cake for our dear friends Tana and Harriet! We’re not telling their ages!
And by now, you’re probably wondering why the title is what it is? We had our god-dogs here that night (Mani & Moe) in addition to our own Coop-ster, all a little rowdy from all the excitement. And our across the street neighbor, who saw all the cars on the street and thought we had no room at the inn? He and his lovely bride came, and brought his dulcimer! He didn’t bring it out until later in the evening, when we could actually hear it over the lively chatter (oh, makes my heart go pitter-patter – both the musical accompaniment and the chatter!).
Posting food photos and will try to list the dishes as we can… and if we can get recipes to post will do that as well. If you see something you’d like the recipe for, post a comment and we’ll do what we can to get it and post it here! And of course, there was lots of great wine!
Poached Armand Lovebird egg on a bed of wilted beet greens, grated daikon radish, with sautéed mushrooms and carrot spelt toast.