A Good Dinner Party Menu

Fall/Winter

Start

• whole roasted cauliflower with salsa verde

• store-bought feta and olives in olive oil

• warm bread

Main

• Ina’s red wine braised short ribs

• blue cheese grits

• orange roasted rainbow carrots

Dessert

• blood orange freezer cake or put out oranges slices and dark chocolate

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Spring/Summer

Start

• big veggie platter with beet hummus and babaganoush, za’atar nuts

• prosciutto and cantaloupe

Main

• Charlie Bird’s farro salad

• mom’s mac salad

• cabbage slaw with charred scallion and lime dressing

• Jamaican jerk chicken skewers

• Seemore sausages + buns/hotdogs

Dessert

• Grilled peaches or pineapple with dukkah and vanilla ice cream or put out ice cream sandwiches and/or a berries