Sacramental Magic

Last Sunday afternoon a few readers of this book gathered in my home. We had agreed to try out the recipes on our own for a couple months and then meet up again in February to cook a feast together and compare notes about our favorite recipes in it.

MENU for the EVENING

Appetizers~
Baba Ghanouj
Maple Walnut Muffins
Grain of Mustard Seed Bread

Salad~
Caesar Salad with fresh salad dressing and croûtons
Coleslaw

Main Course~
Baked Chicken with Honey Sweetened Barbecue Sauce
Beyond Pasta

Desserts~
The World's Greatest Brownies
Baklava

Drinks~
Ginger Fizz

Almost everyone came a little early to cook together... which turned out to be very cozy in my tiny tiny kitchen!





Someone found an apron and we decided to do a little 1940's advertisement while we were at it!

Here's a picture of all the food. We ended up with enough to feed a small army!

What a meal it was! I just wish there were more left-overs!

Our Birthday

Happy Birthday to Us!
Since our birthdays are so close together, we have usually used it for an excuse to get away for a weekend somewhere. This year we are saving up to be poor seminary students next year, so we bought ourselves some practical presents instead--sheets, pillows and a salt and pepper shaker. But all was not practical in the Marzinke household!

On the first, I woke up to tulips. When I got home that evening my husband was up to his elbows in chocolate cake batter!

I think he looks like the Flash in these pictures.

I even got candles, the song and a wish!



Add to that the serving dishes from my favorite discontinued style, and a pair of lovely silver earrings sent by our parents and I was happy happy happy!

For four short days I caught up to Jonathan in age. Then on the fifth he passed me up to leave his twenties behind forever! I fixed a manly breakfast of sausage and eggs. And he opened his presents from our parents--books and the GoodBook on CD!


We had a few friend over for a birthday supper that evening.

And then ended it all with home made banana cream pie.

HOORAY!!!

Dr. Seuss Dinner

I got a little experimental with our popovers the other night and added about three cups of fresh arugula when I blended them up...

...the vibrant green results made me think of the book by Dr. Seuss about Green Eggs and Ham.

I think he would have about as proud of our colorful dinner as I was!