My Last Providence Dinner Party!!

 I. Love. To. Cook.  Yep, I really do.  Over the last half year I have gotten into the habit of throwing a Thursday night dinner party for friends.  It forced me to make my apartment presentable at least once a week and gave me something to do that I loved instead of always wallowing in my unemployment.

This was my last Thursday night in Providence before moving across country and therefore, my last Providence dinner party (boo hiss).  On the menu was:

- Spinach, fresh pea and goat cheese salad
- Steamed asparagus with lemon zest and parmesan shavings
- Homemade gluten-free potato gnocchi
- Tomato gorgonzola sauce
- Toasted macadamia & almond nut meringue with a ginger pear chocolate sauce

Photos? You betcha!!  First up I made the dessert...

Meringue baking in the oven...yumm....

Chocolate sauce in the making

Up next was the homemade gluten-free gnocchi... arm strength needed!

Handrolling and imprinting the gnocchi

Gnocchi finally done... one+ hour it took!!  Boy do I love my friends! :-)

Speaking of friends they have started to arrived... Hilary :)

Colleen!

How does Rudy always manage to look so damn cool?!?

Mr. Earl!!

Why do I not have a picture of my 6th guest Mike!?! Ack.

Tomato gorgonzola sauce reducing.

My only group shot...not my best work!

Food!  Eat!  Yay!! :-)

Time for the meringue!  Yummy! :-)

Lovely evening... thank you friends :-)