I apologize for the lack of posting! My head’s been loopy between the SF trip, my birthday weekend, and having relatives over. Yes I turned one year older! Twenty-seven to be exact. My friends Matt & Andrei graciously hosted a party in my honor. I decided to make it a tapas & cocktail party. You may be thinking I’m crazy for cooking on my own birthday but cooking for my friends always makes me happy.
Here was the spread…
pimenton stuffed olives, olive oil toasted almonds with fleur de sel
manchego, cabrales & honeycomb
(thnx tash!)
bacon shortbread, salchichon & chorizo
tortilla espagnol
romesco onion tart
arroz negro-shrimp croquettes, saffron aioli
cocktails:
*tangerine juice, maker’s mark, limoncello, cava
*asian pear puree, gin, elderflower liquer, lemon wedge, cava
Yes I made those irregularly large ice cubes. My friend Imani volunteered to make the ever so popular tapas, deviled eggs. It was seasoned simply with mayo, salt, pepper, and paprika, and topped with chopped piquillo. The party was also graced with Bunny’s delicious Champagne sangria.
All in all, a good party filled with good food, drinks and of course good company.
glad you had a good bday
definitely a good idea to not let me cook too
devilled eggs! happy birthday to you. how’d you make those ice blocks?
I’m diggin’ those piggy biscuits!
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oohhhh… that just makes my mouth water. gorgeous.
I couldn’t stop eating those croquettes! They were so yummy! After eating like 4, I told myself “must stop” but it wasn’t registering as I picked up another..and another…
It’s my goal in life to be invited to your next birthday.
hi justin,
if you were cooking perhaps you wouldn’t be eating all the food before the guests came! jk.
hi santos,
ikea sells big cube ice trays. slower melting ice means tastier cocktail. yay!
hi peter,
my next batch of bacon shortbread will need more bacon! they were buttery and crumbly.
thanks ingrid,
my mouth is watering too right now! pre-dinner time is a bad time to look at food pictures.
hi hannah,
whoa you were croquette hoggin? haha, glad you liked them. most of the food got eaten at this party – impressive.
hi grant,
haha your comment makes me laugh. done! you are the first person invited to my next birthday.
Hey Susan! Sounds like a fabulous birthday! Your spread looks delicious!!!
HUGS!
Happy belated birthay ! Wow, you can come over an cook for my October birthday. Just giving you a heads up now!
The spread, complete with kick ass cocktails, looks fabulous! Gotta get my hands on some of that elderflower liquer!
thanx kristy!
i feel like i had more fun bc i cooked!
thanx worc!
i’ll be more than happy to cook for your bday. definitely gotta include cocktails in there. this is my first bottle of elderflower and i am addicted!
No more cooking on your birthday, I say!
Happy birthday, I’m glad all is well with you.
You teased us with delicious photos, but with so little clue as to the details.
Shame on you!
The arroz negro-shrimp croquettes with saffron aioli
made me want them, badly.
I guess I’ll have figure it out for myself.
Seriously, best wishes to you and Boy!
thanks biminitwist!
i made the arroz negro-shrimp croquettes with leftover arroz negro, egg, chopped raw shrimp, chopped shallots, lemon juice and lemon zest. that’s it! the arroz negro had been sitting in my freezer so i thought why not just fry it up. i think i might add some chopped scallion next time.
i was quite lazy after the sf trip and my bday.