In October of 2007 my friend
Cyndi threw a dinner party. You can read her account of it
here. It was lovely, one of my favorite memories of Louisiana. I still recall so many details of this dinner and the decor because it was soo delicious and soo cute. When I was planning the October Sarah's Supper Club, I jumped at the chance to copy so many of Cyndi's good ideas.
Here is a picture of Cyndi's table setting from 2007...
Picture of my table from Friday night, 2010...
See the resemblance?
Cyndi did not have any pictures of the candy corn cookie favors she sent us home with, but believe me when I say, they looked a lot like this...
If you read Cyndi's post, you'll find other similarities between our parties. She opens with the measure of a successful party is a kitchen full of dirty dishes. Well, mission accomplished. I think I had 30 glasses dirty! There were only 5 of us! We each had a pumpkin martini to start, I made shrimp cocktails in martini glasses (up to 10), wine glasses for all, water glasses for all (up to 20) and then miscellaneous glasses. I think Angela poured a beer at one point, Meg and I had a sip of cherry whiskey...who knows. My dishwasher was very busy all day Saturday.
Our menu for this supper club even included some homage to Cyndi's party. I made the exact same crescent appetizers in addition to the shrimp cocktail. We did a beef tenderloin. We did parsley-lemon smashed red potatoes and red wine sauteed mushrooms. I was so excited to eat this delicious food, I'm sad to say I took no pictures of the food. I'll post the recipes soon. The red wine mushrooms were fantastic with that tenderloin. Then again, when you buy delicious grass fed tenderloin from Whole Foods, all it needs is salt and pepper and to not be overcooked to be amazing.
Here are some other pictures from the evening...
::From top...pumpkin martinis with spiked whipped cream!, Meg helps cut parsley, Angela teaches us some lessons about wine, the girls at the table, and the whole group::
