Food For Friends

by Suzy Nielsen on August 25, 2010

Food For Friends by Fran Warde

We got a new shipment of books into the shop, yesterday. I Love books to begin with, but cooking books are just divine. Don’t you think? I like to just peruse the books we get in just to familiarize myself with what were selling, but also to sneak a peek of some of the recipes. So today’s pick is “Food For Friends” by Fran Warde.

It inspired me.


So I held a dinner party for my friends. My sister came, too. She blogged about it and you can read her post here…

http://www.inthesunnyspot.net/

And the recipe that I used from the book was Artichoke and Tomato Bread Puffs. . .

Artichoke and Tomato Bread Puffs

. . . the results

Served on my antique lilac transferware. (sorry that’s not for sale)

What you can’t see is the melted fresh mozarella on there.

We had a lovely evening out in the garden for the first part. Unfortunately it began to rain so we moved inside. But no worries. It’s about the companionship and the food, right?

We followed the “puff” with a plate of cheeses from local Vermont farms.

For the main course we had roast chicken stuffed with an herb plum dressing. You see I’d gone on a bit of a plum kick. Rosemary potatoes, salad, and beans from the garden on the side.

We finished the evening inside with a yummy vanilla panna cotta.

Food for friends, Vermont style.

Bon Appetit!


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Chicken Soup With Rice by Maurice Sendak

Growing up one of my very most favorite books was Chicken Soup With Rice, by Maurice Sendak.

I thought it was an appropriate post for today as . . .

“In August

it will be so hot

I will become

a cooking pot

cooking soup of course.

Why not?

Cooking once

cooking twice

cooking chicken soup with rice.”

I have a huge smile on my face right now. I can’t help it. I just LOVE this book!

I really have cooked chicken soup with rice. I dont know why it’s been so long since I have. Its a really wonderful soup any time of the year, don’t you think?

Mmmmmmmmmmmmmm!

Of course this is my “Soup du jour”!

It’s actually a rainy day here today and soup is just perfect.

Last week I made Julia Child’s french onion soup.

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Are you hungry yet?

Come on by and visit us for a nip of tea and a cup of soup.

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