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Emily’s 3rd Annual Wine Dinner

January 24, 2011 at 9:49 pm 1 comment

It’s the most wonderful time of the year! Emily’s Annual Birthday Wine Dinner! After the holidays, it’s very easy to get caught up in that whole winter boredom thing, but I always have my favorite dinner party of the year to look forward to!

Vicki and I met up after my classes finished on Friday and headed out to Worcester. After a few quick pit stops that included a trip to Panera and visiting with Erin and Ian, we arrived at Emily’s and Trevor’s apartment. In true Emily style, she already had most of the prep work done for Saturday’s dinner. After some quick catching up, we all headed to bed to get a good nights sleep before the following day’s festivities. Unfortunately, I had to spend most of Saturday studying (a few hours of micro and 5 path lectures), but I finally got to enjoy myself during dinner.

Our gnomes were the first guests to arrive

Vicki helping set up the table settings. I loved the tissue paper flowers/snow balls hanging from the ceiling.

Em and Trevor managed to seat 16 people in the apartment. Very impressive.

Emily decided to create a winter wonderland theme with the directions. Everything was white, glass or sparkly!

Our lovely hosts for the evening, Emily and Trevor!

Emily and I before the guests started arriving.

Just some of the wine that was consumed throughout the evening. We had five different varieties during dinner.

My place setting. Emily actually made all the labels and place cards with her favorite crafting tool, the cri-cut.

Wilbur getting a closer look

My favorite part of the meal was the cheese course. We had a French double-cream soft cheese made from cow’s milk, a cheese made in the La Mancha region of Spain from the milk of sheep of the Manchega breed, and a goat’s milk cheese native to the Loire Valley in France. When it comes to cheese, Emily doesn’t mess around.

My favorite of the three. It was so creamy and delicious.

Emily served this course with a fennel, apple, walnut salad and a pinot gris.

We also had these little fennel twists. They were super tasty!

My plate filled with cheesy deliciousness!

Emily and Trevor used this cool bottle top decanter when boring the wine. Oh so fancy!

Vicki and I during dinner.

The next course was a endive, roasted fennel and mandarin orange salad with dijon dressing. It was served with an awesome chardonnay.

Third part of the meal was sweet potato fries with a raspberry dipping sauce. AMAZING and made even better with a merlot.

The main entree was a hot and sweet sausage in a classic red sauce served over linguini with a side of squash, zucchini and red onions paired with a sangiovese. YUM!

We finished off the night with a syrah brownie pie made with graham cracker and marshmellow crust. I was so full with the rest of the meal, I only could squeeze in one bite of the brownie

Right around this part of the night, I got this picture of Emily. I know its a little fuzzy, but I think it’s a beautiful picture of our hostess

117 Lanark reunion. Renate, Michele and I

All and all, it was a wonderful evening filled with friends, fun, and REALLY good food. I wish I got more pictures, but I was too busy having a fantastic time. As usual, Emily and Trevor thew a great party, and served one of the best meals I’ve had in a very long time. I can’t wait for next year

As if Emily didn’t serve us enough amazing food, the next morning she served a post wine dinner brunch for those of us who stayed over night.

I had hash browns, veggie quiche and some grapes. Perfect way to start the morning!

Vicki and I spent the rest of the day hanging out with Emily and Trevor. I managed to get a surprising amount of work done too:) One of my favorite parts of the day was watching Emily in her element. Getting her craft on! Here she is whipping up a diaper cake for her friend Kat.

Finished product, gnome not included

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