11 September 2002

this is what laura ate at the wedding in maine:

THURSDAY NIGHT (at Fore Street in Portland, ME):
baby salad greens
quebec moulard foie gras with butter-stewed Bowdoinham peaches
wood roasted mussels with garlic almond butter (these were the best
mussels i have ever eaten)
marinated foggy ridge farm rabbit
(bite of jeff's) wild pacific king salmon with braised filet beans and
apple-smoked bacon
(bite of siobhan's) lamb chop and smoked shoulder
warm blueberry upside-down cake with lemon verbena ice cream (i will be
talking about this dish for years)
warm chocolate souffle with gianduja ice cream on toasted hazelnuts

FRIDAY MORNING:
bagel from dunkin donuts

FRIDAY LUNCH:
1/2 roast beef sandwich from Penobscot Provisions with local horseradish
and local goat cheese (the best roast beef sandwich i have ever had)

FRIDAY PRE-REHEARSAL DINNER:
scallop seviche
local goat and blue cheeses (and when i say local, i mean the goats that
live on liza's parents' property)
roasted clams

FRIDAY REHEARSAL DINNER:
1 lobster
2 bites coleslaw
baked beans
corn bread
warm blueberry cobbler

SATURDAY MORNING:
eggs
bacon with maple syrup
coffee cake
home fries

SATURDAY LUNCH:
ham sandwich on a croissant

SATURDAY COCKTAILS:
cod fritters with remoulade or guacamole
mini crab cakes
cherry tomatoes stuffed with olives and rosemary
more goat cheese
champagne

SATURDAY WEDDING DINNER:
baby greens salad with goat cheese
bread
lobster casserole
roast beef so tender you did not need a knife to cut it
underdone chicken which i did not eat
roasted baby vegetables including some very satiny little beets
something else i do not remember, maybe some potatoes?
wedding cake: each table got a cake, liza's friend caroline cut it into 8ths
so we each got 1/8 of the cake which of course i ate all of, it was vanilla
cake with maple cream frosting made by the lesbian baker couple that made
julia child's 90th birthday cake

SUNDAY MORNING:
SuperMeat (tm) quiche
salad with awesome asian dressing
bacon
ham
sausage
pulled pork
some kind of halibut
gravlax
some kind of turkey with lemony potato stuff
eggs
potatoes
cornbread
creme brulee
chocolate mousse

SUNDAY DINNER:
burger king whopper
diet coke

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