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A Beautiful Night

5/31/2010

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     I suppose this is the inaugural post of " Great Kitchens", recipes and photos  I hope to share with you occasionally while my kitchen is dismantled.  We were invited this past weekend for an al fresco dinner at Carol and Paul's.  They are one-third of the group we call "gourmet".  Approximately every 3 months we get together with Carol and Paul, and Debbie and Greg, either at our house or at one of their houses.  So far this year Bill and I have been given a pass on hosting a dinner, all because of our kitchen remodel.  I owe everyone Big Time this fall.
    
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     I am always excited about going to Carol and Paul's.  The tables are set with beautiful French linens.

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     Pipi, who joined us that night, was made to feel very special with her own personal coverlet folded on the brick patio, along with a bowl of fresh water. 
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                             Upon arriving, we were greeted with glasses of Sangria.
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     Debbie and Greg's contribution to the meal was crostini with roasted radishes.  If you have never been a radish fan, try eating them this way.  It's my new favorite way to eat radishes.  Greg was inspired to make them this way after reading an article in The New York Times. (For some reason I cannot copy the link, but if you put in a search for NYT's "A GOOD APPETITE; roasted radishes", it should come up.)
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              The copper saucepan is awaiting morel mushrooms...
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     Paul dried the morels he picked this spring by running a needle with thread through the mushrooms.  He then hung them in the basement to dry.  To rehydrate, the morels were mixed with heavy cream in a saucepan over low heat.  Just try to imagine how good that tasted.
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     The morels were combined with asparagus.  Is there anything that screams spring more than morel mushrooms and asparagus?  And if that wasn't wonderful enough, we also had boned, breaded trout caught by.... yes, PAUL!  I looked around at all of the plates as they were carried away.  There were no leftovers what-so-ever.  We savored every bite.  I feel extremely lucky and very grateful to be included in this group... Great food... Great friends.
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stacey snacks link
6/3/2010 05:08:15 am

I love Pipi! and I read the article in the NYT and said "roasted radishes?", but if you say they were great then I will try them!
Happy Summer Eileen!

Stacey

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