HAPPY NEW YEAR!

A new year means new resolutions, right?? Well, the start of this year has been a delicious one.  A few friends and I have decided to start a dinner club with each of us hosting and cooking from Julia Child's Mastering the Art of French Cooking cookbooks. Inspiration came from many different corners:  love of Julia, love of food, love of trying new things, love of surrounding ourselves with friends, the love our children have for each other. Nothing could be better!

The first dinner hosted by R was a wild success. N prepared a delicious soup filled with peppers and saffron; R created a delicious beef with cream sauce, S made the kid friendly dish which was a risotto with cranberries and goat cheese which was also a perfect compliment to R's main dish. I ended the night by bringing in the douceur which was a hazelnut dacquoise topped with a praline/feuillitine mixture which is then topped with chocolate ganache and chocolate discs.  We rolled out of R's house happy and full. I'm already looking for recipes for the next dinner which I am hosting and which I will tell you all about next month!