Bon soir, everyone! I am back! Paris is so, so awesome. We had a great trip! Catching up on dinners, here is what I had:
Thursday: Dinner on the plane. Air France actully has some decent food, even in coach. The flight was an hour late taking off, so they skipped the champagne (darn!). Salad of couscous, golden raisins, baby shrimps and butter lettuce, chicken in a paprika rub, with green beans and sauteed potatoes and onions, a mini baguette with french butter and camenbert for spreading, and two desserts, neither of which I ate. One was a chocolate pudding, and the other some kind of cake. Complimentary wine with dinner, mas oui!
Since the trip was short, we tried to stay a bit on EST so slept late and stayed up late--which meant that we ate dinner twice each day (and no breakfast):
Friday: Starter: baked goat cheese tart in puff pastry with rosemary and honey sauce. This was great--the goat cheese was very mild.
Main dish of grilled herb-crusted salmon in a lemon beurre blanc and mashed potatoes. For dessert, DH and I split a creme brulee. Yum!
Second dinner: Starter of a mushroom fricassee topped with a poached egg (so good!). Main dish of seared cod in a browned butter sauce with carmelized endive. The endove was a bit bitter, but the fish was great. No dessert.
Saturday: Starter of miniature pasta in a smoked tomato-cream sauce topped with truffles (split with DH, sinfully good). Main if rare seared tuna in a coriander crust with red curry-coconut dipping sauce and flash seared vegetables. No dessert.
Second dinner: a chicken croque monseiur.
Sunday: Baguette with french butter and gruyere cheese. Two euros, and the best meal of the trip!!
Second dinner: Starter of cold poached eggs wrapped in a red pepper gelee (sounds weird, tasted really good). Main dish of grilled head on shrimp (best shrimp I have ever had) with crusty baguette.
Monday: Sampler of runny cheeses brought back from France (hey, I declared them and customs said it was OK), a baguette, and arugula salad.
Tonight: The egg dish posted in the recipe index, more baguette, and asparagus with brown butter.
DH is chomping for dinner, so I have to sign off. Looking forward to reading what you all have been cooking!
I've never seen Elf either but there was a thread about it yesterday and everyone was raving about how funny it is. It comes on USA channel tonight and I gotta see it! 
I have to tape it cause it is the Nip Tuck season finale tonight, too! 
I'm having egg whites and broccoli...ughhh 
