dinner!

Happy Valentine's Day (and Chinese New Year) to everybody. Celebrations

were in order over here, so Kari and I planned a pocket-themed dinner

party! On the menu:

Stuffed peppers and tomatoes, with rice, polenta, gouda cheese, onions,

portabello mushrooms, eggplant and thyme

Dolmas full of brown rice, cardamon, walnuts, dates and barberries

Fried parsnip and portabello spring rolls with cranberry sauce

Fresh summer rolls filled with tofu, blood oranges, nectarines, avocado,

cucumber and daikon

Broccoli rabe and eggplant ravioli (buckwheat and whole wheat pasta

dough)

The dessert is not photographed, and was not pocketed, but was

unequivocally delicious: poached d'anjou pears with a chocolate beer

reduction sauce, a la mode with coconut milk vanilla ice cream, plus

homemade banana bread from Paul, who also made a saucepan full of

fresh Arabic coffee.

Dwoira also whipped up a carbonated watermelon drink with fresh

mint leaves

Thanks to all of our valentines, and we are now taking suggestions for next

week's theme (come over!)

-Sadie and Kari