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We have made it to the letter P. My sister and I have decided to team up for this one and make some creative pizzas.

peach/beef
pear/caramelized onion/gorganzola
pepperoni

The last is for those guests who are will need a drink to bolster their courage before attempting our experimental toppings. I’m curious to see if anyone will bring pumpkin pie for a double letter given that we’re approaching Halloween.

It’s been several weeks since I have posted, but alphabet dinners are a huge success. An average of 8 people attend each week for food and friendship. “F” was a particularly fun day as we all experimented with fondue. We had a gruyere cheese fondue, chocolate and mango fondues as well.

Last week was “G”, which led, obviously, to garlic. yay garlic! I made a pasta with roasted and sauteed garlic and parsley, we also had garlic toast and a made orange julius’ with Grand Marnier. Delicious.

We’re going simple for “H” with hamburgers and hotdogs. I am bringing the fixings for hot fudge sundaes. If anyone has suggestions for unusual sundae toppings, let me know.

Letter A Menu

Albacore Tuna Steaks with Apricot Chutney
Asparagus Scones
Angel Food Cake
Appletinis

Our first alaphabet dinner was a complete success. Liza Jane improvised a delicious apricot chutney to accompany her albacore tuna steaks. Dan mixed up some appletinis (yay Scrubs!) I baked some asparagus and cheddar cheese scone. Nick did what he could with store-bought angel food cake topped with, of all things, chocolate syrup and marshmallow fluff. Dinner was followed by a good game of frisbee until the mosquitos chased us back inside to work on a jigsaw puzzle. All guests enjoyed themselves and we have a bigger crowd attending the letter B tomorrow night.

I plan on making a Boston Cream Pie for dessert, but the rest is a surprise.

my sister and i have chosen to have weekly dinners based on the alphabet. next week will be the letter “A”.

artichokes
asparagus
asti spumante
american cheese

obviously, we will need to expand this list over the weekend.

getting no where on this one.

i rarely go out to eat, but at the same time i rarely cook. how is this possible? lucky charms, cheerios, total…you get the idea. the embarassing part is that i was a cook for nearly 10 years. so, i want to start making a real meal at least once a week.