New Year's Eve

We didn't plan to have a New Year's Eve Dinner, but we got drafted! John came down from San Francisco and Shumon had just returned from Bangladesh. Tom and Scott joined. Darryl and Robert almost attended.

We started with Truffle Cheese and Crackers. We then had a fabulous dinner. 1st course was Scallops with Chive Oil and sliced White Truffles. You can get the recipe for the Chive Oil on our blog of: June 4, 2011. Click the date to get the recipe.  

The Porchetta is a great party dish. It is super easy to make, it cooks for a long time, fills the house with wonderful aromas, looks great, is easy to cut and serve and has super crunchy Crackling. You can get the recipe on our blog of: Feb. 24, 2014. Click the date to get the recipe. The Truffles, Scallops and Porchetta were all from McCall's Meat and Fish.

With the Porchetta we served Potatoes Nik. It is basically a giant Potato Pancake or Latke. Everyone loved it! You can find the recipe on our blog of: October 21, 2016. Click the date to get the recipe.

Tom and Scott brought dessert: a Fruit Cake and Petits Fours both were excellent.

John brought 3 bottles of Bordeaux all of 1986 vintage. They were superb! We added Champagne, White Wine, Dessert Wines and Scotch. In spite of all of the drinking we managed to stay up past Midnight! We went out on the deck, on the cool night and watched the illegal fireworks all over the city.

We kissed the awful year of 2016 goodbye and hoped for a better 2017. Unfortunately I think 2017 could even be worse under Trump. With a little luck, maybe my fears will be unfounded!