Beertacular dish call

I'm bringing 'Beeramisu' for dessert, and may also attempt to make Ale & Pretzel Caramels.

Cinematacular Round-up!

Our 22^nd spectacular ‘Tacular was graciously hosted by Marco and Laura (and their wee ones!) on a blustery winter evening in January. It was a celebration of dishes featured in (or inspired by) movies, and we filled our bellies with lots of yummy goodness. So what did we eat?

·      Marco and Laura stewed up delicious hearty boeuf bourguignon, inspired by Julie & Julia – I can hear Ms. Child’s warbles of praise in the background

·      Karina and Christian also braised some meat...buffalo to be exact, AKA tatanka for you Dances with Wolves fans; they served their tatanka stew with some buttery mashed potatoes

·      Kate and Ian roasted up a colourfully tasty and healthy ratatouille inspired by....Ratatouille!

·      Sara brought two dishes – minty spanakopita (My Big Fat Greek Wedding) and a deliciously flaky (lard!) apple pie (American Pie)

·      Mei and Jeremy simmered up a gumbo and served it with some wonderful hush puppies and herbed rice, inspired by The Princess and the Frog (and just about any other movie set in the South)

·      Daniel enthusiastically served up mini Royales with Cheese (Pulp Fiction) featuring teeny diced onions and all, and brought Pez (Stand By Me) and Dune-ish wine

·      I was inspired by The Big Night and layered up meat, sauce, cheese, eggs and pasta in a doughy shell and baked it all up into a timpano

·      For dessert, Ayako and James brought chocolately good Korova cookies, inspired by the Korova Milk Bar in A Clockwork Orange

·      And finally, Jenn baked a decadent chocolate cake made with almond flour and topped with ganache, as featured in Chocolat

Despite our cinema theme, no popcorn, Twizzlers, M&Ms or fountain pop were consumed. There was, however, Dances with Wolves trivia (courtesy of Karina)!

Dan...we missed you! As always, for photos, click on the “’Tacular Memories” link on the homepage.

The next ‘Tacular will be...Beertacular! Saturday, March 29^th at my place. Keg party!!!