this morning, while i was making my grocery shopping list, i thought it would be fun to invite some folks over for impromptu dinner party. chicken was on the menu, and i promised kate that the next time i made one, she and josh would be the first on the invite list. our table holds exactly four people, so it worked out perfectly.
because we can't have a large dinner party, i never invite folks over for eating. -- in fact, this was the first time i even used my tord boontje holiday plates that i bought oh, four years ago. -- however, i'm starting to feel comfortable with the casual party of four, and tonight was an excellent reason why. good eats, good company, good conversation. those kids are so cute and fun that i didn't even have to rely on backup plan. although if josh knew that my backup plan was video games, maybe he would've demanded it.
thanks to kate and josh for braving the weather, and paying the toll (literally, not figuratively) for hanging out with us tonight!
the only thing i regret about tonight is not taking a picture of the chicken before i hacked at it (seriously someone needs to teach me how to carve these things - i seriously suck at it). it was beautiful golden brown and the skin was perfectly crispy. you can't tell that from the hacked at picture here. who wants to teach me how to carve?
