Soiree

Postponed. New lady moved in from Ohio and we want to make her welcome in these parts. Too much was going on for both of us today so we postponed.

I’m working on the bat cruise and what I hope to be a neighborhood get-together Wednesday evening for an hour of appetizers, vino and sodas.

In that vein, I neglected to mention in my favorite gadgets the soda syphon. Jim had never heard of one but when he said he wanted to take up sparkling water, I turned to Amazon and surprised him with a soda syphon and canisters. You remember these from 1950’s movies, where someone poured a Scotch whisky and added soda. This is what we now use for “fizzy water” and is great with a slice of lime or lemon.

I’m taking new neighbor Kathy to the farmer’s market and specialty grocery tomorrow. I hope to pick up some new fruit and cheese to add to our menu as our guest count grows.

Toast some cocktail breads, after cutting. Melt goat cheese rounds on them, rolled in cracked pepper and herbs. An Italian semi-soft cheese such as Bel Paese. Grapes, peaches, figs, strawberries, crackers et al.

Perhaps pissaladiere. Pizza with caramelized onion, topped with anchovies. It’ll be fun.