May 7, 2010Tatiana, Jennifer, & Luis’ Thesis Reading
cheddar cheese polenta with avocado corn salsa
howard brought these amazing stuffed potatoes! thank you howard!
gorgonzola, date, and walnut tartlets
smoked salmon creme fraiche chips
nutella pound cake
bruschetta with mozzarella
strawberry rhubarb ginger crumble
bourbon cinnamon raisin palmiers
vegan meatball with lotus root and peanut sauce
April 25, 2010Sukanya & Zhen’s Thesis Reading
Matias Cake (Avocado Cornmeal Pound Cake)
Salmon Creme Fraiche Tartlets
Goat Cheese Chili Stuffed Mushrooms
Nancy!
Mustard Gruyere Pinwheels
Cream Cheese and Balsamic Crostini (assembled by Nancy!)
Roasted Caramelized Onion Patty Pan Squash
tortilla de patatas
s’mores cake March 12, 2010Ani & Kate’s Thesis Reading
the spread
chocolate guinness cupcakes with dulce de leche buttercream
nutella peanut butter banana rolls
marscapone raspberry triangles
falafel with spinach dip
mini grilled cheese with prosciutto and oven-dried tomato
apple goat cheese tart
beef mole tartlets with feta
french toast bread pudding with vanilla sauce
artichoke and eggplant crostini
Three down! Ten more to go! I can’t feel my feet. Okay, no more whining about exhaustion. I promise. March 5, 2010Nikki Darling & Katie Jacobson’s Thesis Reading
the spread
wine poached pears
hahaha. ani
banana dulce de leche cake and lavender lemon cake with limoncello syrup
olives
cheese board
salmon raita rolls and mushroom raita rolls
melon and proscuitto canapes
lavender lemon pound cake with limoncello syrup
greek salad skewers
blueberry lime cornmeal cookies
mac & cheese cups
banana dulce de leche cake
2nd thesis catering done and done. still need to figure out how to make it to the readings…. i slept 10 hours last night. shameful but needed. February 26, 2010Ashley Tomeck & Sara Gerot Thesis Reading (my first catering job at Calarts)
the spread
I don’t know why I’m particularly pleased with this cheese plate. I just like the look of arranged things, I guess.
smoked salmon canapes
baked polenta with bruschetta and parmesan reggiano
marscapone berry chocolate cups (these seemed to go over well)
cucumber canapes
peanut butter sour cream pound cake with chocolate ganache
caramelized onion, mushroom, and goat cheese tartlets
skewered caprese sandwiches
raspberry nancy cake
strawberry rhubarb spread with rolls
oatmeal raisin cookies
Yay! My first thesis reading catering gig! Despite things working out I was sad that I missed the reading. It sounded like Sara and Ashley did an amazing job. A lot of laughter coming from that room. Okay, things to work out: how to manage set up and still attend the reading lower ingredients cost more food? efficiency, efficiency, efficiency
December 11, 2009We Don’t Have To Talk About School…
matias’ home brined olives
vegetable panko casserole (thanks Howard’s gf!)
Zankou chicken from Matias
my miso roasted fingerling potatoes and cold stewed kabocha squash
katie’s four dips: olive tapenade, hummus, a yogurt dip, and a sun dried tomato dip
pistachio and chocolate ice cream with berries
sam + scoop
nikki + kathy acker
nikki + howard
courtney + katie +courtney’s amazing amazing carrot soup (which I could use some of right now)
katie + sam + rima + archaic medicinal practices
matias + rima + dramatic side profiles
rima’s hair + sam + katie
A thing I have realized: I really like school. Things that contribute to my liking of school: lovely, generous, smart peers and teachers (pictured above) Matias, our thesis instructor, very kindly invited us to have a potluck at his house. Potlucks make me happy. Everyday a potluck! We’ve discovered that our thesis class is entirely made up of foodies, which makes me think we should have potlucks more often, or at least do things outside of school more often. It seems all of a sudden an important thing to do given that we only have one semester left, and then, and then I don’t know what. Literary poverty? Teaching? Phd programs? Publishing? Deep remorseful crying about mediocrity and debt? Traveling? Probably all of these things are possible, simultaneously even. Topics of conversation that night: -palindrome names -selfish writing or how it isn’t selfish -pistachio vs chocolate - mysterious creaminess of carrots -spontaneous song making, or not -turning 30 -real estate -katie’s sitting pose -astrology, rising signs, moons, rima Recipe for Miso Roasted Fingerling Potatoes via request by Nikki 1 pound fingerling potatoes, roughly the same same 3-4 tablespoons olive oil 2 tablespoons white miso 2 teaspoons whole grain mustard 2 tablespoons dark corn syrup salt and pepper 1. preheat oven to 400 2. toss the scrubbed fingerling potatoes in olive oil until well coated 3. sprinkle liberally with salt and pepper 4. lay out the potatoes on a lined baking sheet in a single layer 5. bake for 30 minutes or until about half-tender 6. in the mean time, mix the corn syrup, miso, and mustard in a large bowl 7. take the potatoes out and toss them in the miso marinade (careful to use a wooden spoon to do this as the potatoes will be hot) 8. re-arrange the tossed potatoes on the baking sheet again, in a single layer 9. bake for 20-30 more minutes or until fork tender and he skin is slightly browned
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