Dinner Party!

I had Mike, Jeffrey, and Regina over for dinner tonight. For the occasion, I prepared a dinner from the Bride and Groom's Menu Cookbook. It was a fancy meal, where I started the prep for dinner 3 or 4 days ahead of time. It also gave me an opportunity to try making yellow cake from scratch. I grabbed a recipe from Cook's Illustrated while at the U-Store.

Here's what we had:
Prosciutto Tortilla Roulades with Dried Fig Jam
Citrus-glazed Roasted Chicken with Ginger Couscous Stuffing
Rhubarb and Strawberry Chutney
Asparagus with Red Onion
Roasted Carrots with Paprika Butter
Cake for dessert w/ ice cream

I made everything, including the ice cream. It was a lot of fun, but also a lot of work.

After dinner, I dropped everyone off at the train station and headed up to Binghamton to catch the Karan Casey concert the next day.