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Despite my incessant whinings, Whoring is my first love. I cook for you, I serve you, then I get to mock you in the kitchen. I can be social with you strictly on my terms and then I get to go back in the kitchen and gossip while pans get scrubbed.

Because of this, I have pretty much deducted that I am more of a "group activity person".

Meaning, I love having dinner parties with multiple guests. I can stay in the kitchen if I want, sip my lemon drop, bring out fabulous plates of food and never get stuck staring across the table from someone I don't have a conversational base with. And having a group gives me the chance to mingle and excuse myself from a converstation I am not enjoying.

It's the one-on-one dinners I am not so fond of. It's not that I can't carry a decent conversation - we all know I can talk. It's just that I have no escape.

So Bridezilla asked us not to get her a wedding present. Instead she and her new groom would like to come to our house for dinner. She even picked the date. My one free Saturday of the month.

Tonight.

She's called me no less than 3 times this week wondering what time to be here, what I am making, and what she should wear. "Is it business casual? Home casual? Shall we dress up?"

"Just be casual - it will be a nice relaxing evening."

"So what is the menu? Or do you want it to be a surprise?"

"Right now it's a surprise to me. I haven't given it much thought, yet."

"What? That doesn't sound like you! Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhh I can't wait. Weeeeeeeeee!!!!" (She actually said the word, "Weeeeeeeeeeee!")

Good God. I knew we should have bought them the toaster oven.

So anyway tonight's the night.

I have decided to start with a coconut prawn appetizer with a sweet and spicy apricot dipping sauce.

Salad will be a simple mixed green with light balsamic dressing and crusty Artisan bread.

Dinner will be oven broiled salmon (thanks Dad), grilled asparagus with lemon butter, and rice pilaf.

Dessert is vanilla bean ice cream rolled in roasted coconut and served with a light caramel drizzle.

Oh, and liquor.

Lots and lots of liquor.
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Posted by Foodwhore at September 11, 2004 01:04 PM