For the Love of Food

I can’t remember the last time I had a really “cool” birthday party. I think it might have been back in middle school. My mom always threw great parties for us, but once I got older, parties didn’t interest me much anymore. There were so many friends to invite and if you forgot one person, that was it, I’d be hated forever (back when I cared about those sorts of things). So, it was much easier to celebrate with family – no hassles, no having to change my clothes 20 times to find the perfect outfit, and probably much more relaxing for my mom.

This year I am part of the inter cultural (community) garden in my town. So, with great sunny weather, good friends, and always looking for a reason to showoff my cooking skills, I decided to throw myself a birthday party. It’d been years anyways!

Luckily it was a hit and everything ran smoothly.

Actually, as we left our home to go to the garden, I kept feeling that things had run “too” smoothly and I was definitely forgetting something! Nope. This was not the usually Thanksgiving rush to cook everything in the same day. I had meticulously planned this, picking out recipes that required little or no cooking and could be prepared a few days in advance. And, even though I had to bake my cake 3 times before it came out ok (I realized that in the midst of my cooking that I didn’t have any baking powder – my neighbor was all out too – tried a substitute, but it was a bust – tried a second time with a substitute, but that was a bust too – I got my lazy ass to the grocery store the next morning, and it came out like it always had – excellent), everything worked out so well.

Sunday I had a lot of recipe requests. So, I am doing a mega-recipe-link-up with all my birthday party recipes! I also had a great opportunity to plug my blog – I really need to get business cards!

Ok, so, what did I serve at my party??

• Rose & Orange Butter recipe

• Rose & Shallot Butter recipe

• Tortilla Chip & Salsa recipe link-through

• Corn Salad recipe link-through

• Cevapcici (beef only) recipe

• Tandoori Chicken recipe link-through

• Zucchini Bread recipe

• Baguettes
• Aioli (made by my friend Andrea) – I’ll post a recipe soon on the blog
• Noodle Salad recipe (sorry, I know the photo is crappy – it’s the only one I have!)

• Garden Salad recipe

• Homemade Cider (sparkling apple wine) – recipe will show up on the blog soon!
• Beer
• Apple Juice
• Water

I hope this wasn’t too much for you to swallow!

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