A Proper, Sit Down, Dinner Party.

As a single career girl with three very large dogs, an old, very retired Arabian endurance horse and a rescue donkey, I rarely have time to eat sitting down. Eating over the sink is a luxury too although the clean up crew is always ready to help out at a moments notice. Lately I've been thinking a lot about, and missing the days of Saturday night dinner parties. All of us sitting around till the wee hours, emptying bottle after bottle of fabulous wine and discussing the state of the world we live in.

I don't think there even needs to be anything to celebrate to whip up a delicious, inventive menu, invite guests (let them know they need to "dress" for dinner), pick up some lovely flowers for a whimsical center piece and start cookin'!

(ending) I hope you can make it to the next one. You know the food will be great!

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