NYE 2009

After a hectic month between Thanksgiving and XMas, seeing family in both San Francisco and Chicago, we opted for a relatively chill evening with Chuck and Katy at their place in Chicago. This was Keira's first NYE (well, second if you count being on the "inside" in Oaxaca MX last year) so even though it was going to be relatively calm and civilized compared to years past, we were still going to bring it in with style.

For 30-something foodie (yuppie) types, this meant good food, good wine, good champagne, and of course, good company.

We came together and prepared a 5 course meal:
* Hor Dourves - Cheese Plate with Pepper Jelly and Prosciutto
* Soup - Dungeness Crab and Carrot Soup
* Salad - Roasted Beet and Goat Cheese Salad
* Main - Cornish Game Hens (1 each), with Roasted Veggies and Wild Rice
* Dessert - Chocolate Lava Cake

This was all paired with 2 reds (a Cotes Du Rhone and a Napa/Sonoma Cab), 2 whites (a Stags Leap Viognier and a Vouvray Loire Valley), 2 bubblers (Mumm & Vueve), and some nice Hennesey Cognac to top of the evening (and start the next morning with a headache).


Some Wines



Dungeness Crab and Carrot Soup



Roasted Beet and Goat Cheese Salad with crushed Pistachios



Game Hens with Roasted Winter Vegetables and Wild Rice Pilaf


Chocolate Lava Cake



Some Vueve


A perfect evening to ring in the new year and close out the decade.




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