http://www.saltshaker.net/20051225/traditional-xmas-eve-party Casting a little flavor (and a few aspersions) on the world of food, drink, and life Tue, 06 Jan 2009 23:13:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 http://www.saltshaker.net/20051225/traditional-xmas-eve-party#comment-110 SaltShaker » Blog Archive » And a More Traditional Day of… Wed, 28 Dec 2005 13:51:09 +0000 http://www.saltshaker.net/20051227/traditional-xmas-eve-party#comment-110 [...] New York City - After our little “Eve” pary having been such a classic of the genre, I accepted an invite from friends out in Brooklyn, for which I still have a valid travel visa, for a possibly slightly more traditional Xmas day dinner. I didn’t do any of the cooking, I just relaxed, drank, and ate! We started off with an array of hors d’oeuvres sufficient to feed the ravening hordes that were sure to be beating down the door. The six of us did our best, but surrendered less than halfway into them, knowing what was to come. But the selection of prosciutto with melon, two different kinds of paté, mozzarella slices with tomato and basil, spicy brasciola, and cheeses certainly whetted our appetites for what was to come. And to come shortly thereafter was a salmon carpaccio with a bitter greens, radicchio, and caper salad which was just plain yummy! [...] [...] New York City - After our little “Eve” pary having been such a classic of the genre, I accepted an invite from friends out in Brooklyn, for which I still have a valid travel visa, for a possibly slightly more traditional Xmas day dinner. I didn’t do any of the cooking, I just relaxed, drank, and ate! We started off with an array of hors d’oeuvres sufficient to feed the ravening hordes that were sure to be beating down the door. The six of us did our best, but surrendered less than halfway into them, knowing what was to come. But the selection of prosciutto with melon, two different kinds of paté, mozzarella slices with tomato and basil, spicy brasciola, and cheeses certainly whetted our appetites for what was to come. And to come shortly thereafter was a salmon carpaccio with a bitter greens, radicchio, and caper salad which was just plain yummy! [...]

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