successful food freak dinner club :)

i have no excuse, but i forgot to take pictures. and that's a shame, because we had delicious food! so just a textual teaser today:

glutino crackers, almond thins and a variety of cheeses opened the meal
mulled and spiked cider

for the main course: lobster newburg
served with: pumpkin dumplings over sauteed bok choy and oven roasted asparagus

dessert: pear and cranberry crumble with pumpkin ice cream

all homemade, and all delicious! thanks to beth for sending me a link to a new york times blog with gluten free/vegetarian thanksgiving recipes. that's where the pumpkin dumplings came from--though they were served over sauteed radicchio. i couldn't find radicchio or even endive, so went for baby bok choy and it seemed to do the trick. mmm, mmm... they were a hit, as was everything else. we all licked our plates clean and had NOTHING left except lee's pumpkin ice cream. because, well, homemade ice cream makes a lot, and i don't like it and the other folks just weren't the champs they were supposed to be...

anyway, looking forward to many more meals with these folks :)