A Celebration of Giuseppe Verdi’s Birthday
Although one doesn’t normally make a big deal out of 191st birthday, it was Giuseppe Verdi, so why not? We even accompanied the dinner with his music. He was something of a gourmand, and a…
President’s Month Dinner
An obvious theme here, February, and a quartet of president’s birthdays, albeit only two of which we celebrate in the U.S. as official holidays. I know I have a copy of The First Ladies Cookbook:…
Happy 500th Birthday Nostradamus!
A relatively short menu for our group. Most of our dinners extended, as you have perhaps seen in these pages, to 5, 6, or even 7 courses. A four course dinner, one of which was…
The John Hancock Dinner
Second Sunday Supper Circle January 12, 2003 In honor of the birthday of arguably the most famous Signatory in history, we present our take on Signature Dishes of arguably the most famous restaurants in American…
Food for Thought
Q San Francisco September 1999 Pages 52-53 Food for Thought Inventor Nikola Tesla subsisted a good portion of his adult life on milk and Ritz crackers, served in multiples of the number three. He basically…
’97 Dinner
Okay, this one’s a doozy. I was on a momentary history kick. So I’d gone back and done some searching on things that happened in various fields in February of ’97s – starting with 1397…
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