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FYI:  I'm free for dinner!

7/12/2013

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     I'm sure you've heard the question, "If you were able to eat dinner with three people, dead or alive, who would you invite?"  Responses vary across the board with presidents, musicians and actors, comedians, great thinkers, and deceased relatives usually topping the list. 
     It's a question I've never bothered to answer myself... that is, until I roasted asparagus wrapped in prosciutto.  This recipe was on Dorie Greenspan's blog, IN THE KITCHEN AND ON THE ROAD WITH DORIE GREENSPAN.  Whenever I visit Dorie's blog, I always seem to find something there that sounds too good to pass up; French Yeast-Raised Waffles -- case in point.  The sheer simplicity of the Asparagus Wrapped in Prosciutto was reason enough to make them.  And while I was wrapping the asparagus with the prosciutto, I was thinking about Dorie.  I have liked her ever since I saw a photo of her in a magazine many years ago (the photo now tops the homepage of her blog), where she was reaching for something while standing on a stool in her NYC kitchen.  I will never tire of that picture, filled with the tools and implements of a baker (she has 2 Kitchen-Aid mixers!).  Plus, she has short hair and great eye glasses (...and who does that remind you of ;-) 
     But when I really became aware of Dorie Greenspan was when she collaborated with Julia Child (and 36 professional bakers) in the writing of Baking with Julia.  If I only had room for one cookbook in my kitchen library, this would be it.

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     I am also envious of Dorie (and yes, envy is not a character trait I'm proud of).  She often writes about Paris, where she owns an apartment and lives part-time.  That is something I have always dreamed of doing.  But in the meantime, having dinner with Dorie (in Paris, maybe?) would suffice.  I would have a lot of questions for her...  And the other two I'd invite?  They would be two people I consider friends now, the result of having my blog --  Stacey Snacks and Tom at Tall Clover Farm.  I think it would be a lovely, lively, and tasty dinner, for sure!

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                 Get the recipe for Asparagus Wrapped in Prosciutto HERE


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Susan link
7/12/2013 10:17:19 am

Eileen.....first of all. I have so often thought that you could be a sister to Dorie...You two really do look alike. I second your other two invites. Stacey and Tom would make very interesting conversations.

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Tom | Tall Clover Farm link
7/12/2013 01:53:15 pm

Eileen, It's rare that I'm without words, but my smile is too taut to speak. So I'll let my fingers do the typing. I am so flattered, and delighted and ecstatic to be included in your what-if dinner invitation. I'd hop a plane faster than you can say or I can spell vichyssoise. I have no doubt we shall meet some day along with Ms. Stacey and have a grand old time. I'm now obsessing over my pretend menu. Take care, Fondly, Tom

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stacey snacks link
7/12/2013 11:57:27 pm

Really? Moi?

Ditto to that lady!
Your blog is my VERY favorite blog, you have the best style and eye. Would love to join you for lunch/dinner on your patio, I can bring an appetizer!

Expert gardener, fellow Francophile, kitchen reno,, baker extraordinaire! What aren't you good at?

Maybe a NYC trip is in order for Mr. Tall Clover and Madame Eileen?

xo Stacey

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Eileen
7/13/2013 06:03:58 am

Stacey and Tom...

Awww...... thanks!

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Kate
7/13/2013 09:41:37 am

Eileen,
I can't imagine any of your readers wouldn't love to be at your soirée! Meeting Tom and Stacey would be gilding the lily for sure.
Seeing that the chairs are full... I will be content to be an imaginary fly on the imaginary wall. BUT if you three ever do pull this off just one request... loads of photos!! :)

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