Wednesday, August 6, 2008

Library day


We're having company tomorrow. I have to come up with a dinner menu, and then I have to cook it. (Usually, I come up with the menu, and Mr. Lear cooks it!) So I checked out both of the Barefoot Contessa cookbooks and I'm just going to pick something, shop for it, and make it - sweep the toys into the nursery, put some rosemary in a vase, and pour myself some wine. I once read a story by a Georgetown hostess in which her caterer mixed up the dates and a half hour before cocktails called to give her the bad news. She simply called Popeyes, ordered a ton of fried chicken and biscuits, and placed it in the caterer's silver serving dishes.

4 comments:

Karen said...

Would have been fun to have been at that dinner, don't you think. Good luck with yours.

Kay said...

Nigella Express has a delicious and easy Sake Steak over rice. And I discovered that you can get a tiny can of sake at the wine store, like a soda can.

I'm sure Nigella would have loved the Popeyes, too.

Anonymous said...

I can recommend the green green spring vegetables from Barefoot Contessa at Home. They were delicious. I want to make the chicken with goat cheees and basil but haven't yet. Popeyes got me through law school. Yum

tina said...

anything from Ina is fabulous.

And I would eat Popeye's from just about any sort of serving container. Pour more wine!