Supper Club: Christine's Birthday

Woops, I'm a slacker. It's been a month! Things have happened, as they tend to do--mostly holiday hibernation and contemplating life on my parents' couch during marathons of No Reservations. On occasion, I was social! I even managed to plan and execute the first in (hopefully) a long series of dinner parties with my friend Christine, tentatively called The Fat Kid Supper Club. Sit on it, get back to me with your thoughts.

This is Christine. She's cute. And on sale at Staples.

On account of it being Christine's birthday, and needing to redo the mousse thanks to 10 curdled egg yolks, and copious amounts of champagne, and a blender of hot soup exploding in my face twice, and ending the meal by splitting an entire bottle of port (but luckily not participating in the surprise appearance of fruit punch Four Loko)--on account of all these things, photographic documentation of the evening and its eats are at a poorly lighted minimum.

Next time I'll be better, I promise. I'll even write down the recipes so I can remember how to make them the second time around. New year, new you, etc. etc.

Menu
Prosciutto-Wrapped Pears
Parmesan Rosemary Crackers
Cheese Board
Spiced Nuts
Olives

Mushroom Fennel Soup

Beef Wellington
Green Peppercorn Sauce
Roasted Potatoes
Wilted Swiss Chard

Vanilla Chocolate Salted Caramel Layered Mousse

Snacks to snack on, while I slave away in the kitchen.

'Shroom soup.

Who would've known that green peppercorn sauce turns out pink in
the end? Also, there are vegetables behind the meat, I swear.

A herd of mousse.