Sunday, December 22, 2013
Breakfast at home: 2 hash browns, 2 slices of toast with earth balance spread, 2 eggs over easy, hot water, Santa Cruz Roasting Company sweet italian coffee via Bialetti. Patrick and I drove to Thorough Bread and Pastry to pick up bread and a cake. A little bit of work: listserv management, followup with laptop maintenance for a student. Prepped for a dinner party. Patrick prepared fingerfood assortments: cornichons, red-pepper-stuffed olives, winter gouda uniekaas, somerdale wensleydale with blueberries, quicos (aka corn nuts); cream of pumpkin soup with toppings: julienned sage, blue cheese, bacon; beef brisket with roasted root vegetables and sauerkraut; mixed greens salad with candied pecans, aged cheddar, boiled egg, ham, dried sweet cherries, raspberry vinaigrette; Thorough Bread semolina loaf and pull-apart buns; chocolate layer cake from Thorough Bread and Pastry with Three Twins vanilla bean ice cream.