Last night's menu came out so awesome! We had people over and this is what I served:
First course: Fried oysters with a mustardy-dill dipping sauce, and champagne
Second course: tuna tartare with avocado on a sesame wonton crisp, smoked bluefish pate on a garlic-chive cracker, and more champagne
Third course: stuffies! Quahogs with a buttery garlic-parmesean bread stuffing, and chardonnay. One of the men present actually got down on his knees and kissed my feet after he ate this!
Fourth course: minature fresh cod cake with homemeade tartar sauce, a little arugula salad with flowers on it, and scallops mornay. More chardonnay.
Fifth and main course: flounder rolled around a cherry tomato-panko stuffing poached in white wine and butter, served on a bed of spinach, and linguine with white clam sauce. Viognier to drink.
Dessert, my sister's holiday cookies...espresso, erm, more wine...

(don't worry, all my guests were spending the night!)
It was all so yummy!
Today I rousted the crew and we made comfort food: roasted chickens, mashed potatoes, lemon-thyme gravy, roasted asparagus, and roasted brussels sprouts. We ate really early so I am making a pizza for snack in a couple of hours--it will be pesto-tomato-mozzarella, nice and simple.
Happy New Year, everyone!