This blog explores the art of FINE DINING in the company of CREATIVE FRIENDS.
Each week I hold a dinner party themed on a letter of the alphabet - A to Z.
The menu follows the alphabet, and at each dinner I host a creative guest of honour whose name also corresponds with that letter of the alphabet.
Each guest and their work is featured on this blog - and there is also be A to Z etiquette tips for the guests at the end of each posting ...
And finally at the end of the blogging ( November ) you will be able to purchase a creative book featuring the guests and the recipes.
... enjoy dinner with D ( and other guests Helen, Judith, Alan and Audrey ) ... but first ...
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Local Valentine Limericks ...
penned by David Crewe
There was a young lady called Pam
Met a boy at Baroon Pocket dam
She had one night of bliss
But the problem with this –
She has ended up pushing a pram.
A churchgoing lady from Noosa
Said that morals were getting much looser
She found it was true
After Hymn 92
When the organist tried to seduce her.
The was a young lady called Esther
Who stripped in the woods at Peachester
She got only as far
As her knickers and bra
When the police came along to arrest her.
There was a young lady called Janey
Who had seven kids in Maleny
When asked why it was
She said it’s because
There’s not much to do when it’s rainy.
There was a young lady from Witta
Who claimed that she wasn’t a quitter
But she ran from the table
As fast as she’s able
From the thing on her bottom that bit her.
Mick and Mabel who lived in Eumundi
Only had sex on Sunday
But Mable was keener
So she went to Yandina
And did it with Nigel on Monday.
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... D ...
Guest of Honour ...
David Crewe
Entree ...
Dolmades ( home made of course )
served with avocado, rocket and Fetta
Mains ...
Drumsticks
cooked slowly in lemon juice
served with Dijon drenched cabbage,
potatoes and rice noodles
Dessert ...
Decadently dark
chocolate truffel
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Artist in Profile ... David Crewe
- Actor
Words inspire me, written or spoken– but especially the spoken word. I love the rhythms of Shakespeare’s blank verse; the purity and condensed wit of a perfect limerick; the power of a simple idea to move nations, expressed in the greatest speeches; and the ability of talented actors to touch our emotions when they take hold of a writer’s script.
The words may be written down first, but when transformed into speech they are new born, taking on a new life: able to excite, intrigue, arouse, amuse, challenge and even inflame.
Churchill knew this: “We shall fight them on the beaches….”. Kennedy knew this:” Ask not what you country can do for you….”;Lincoln knew this: “…..a new nation, conceived in liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal.” And the greatest preachers, demagogues, dictators and warmongers of all time knew this.
We use words in every part of human activity, and where they don’t exist to communicate what we have to, we make new ones, or adapt old ones. We have words for sounds, words for feelings, words for the smallest particles that make up our physical world and even a single word, on its own, can conjure.
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Etiquette Tips from Madame de Plumes ...
Don't forget to divulge to the host your eating disorders on being invited to dine.
To announce your inability to eat fish just as the seafood pie is being served, is such a No No ...
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The next posting will be Tuesday 13 July - when you'll meet
Ms E from Witta, and dine elegantly on the "E" menu.
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Cheers - Ken Munsie
