Kelsey's 29th birthday was cause for a trip to NYC for Dave, Nancy, Andrea Stewart and Susan!
High points were dinner at Loring Place, MY FAIR LADY, and a cooking class at the Natural Gourmet Institute, where Kelsey completed a one-year program in May 2016.
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| Dinner at Loring Place: Nancy presented Kelsey with a needlepoint of her favorite cookbooks. |
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| Vegetables were amazing, and then dessert! |
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| Close up of the needlepoint |
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| Happy 29th! |
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| Dave and I walked to dinner at Cafe Luxembourg through the park...despite thunderstorm warnings. Rain gear at Andrea's apartment...1/2 hour in a tunnel! |
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| Tunnel vision of rain! We made it to dinner, followed by My Fair Lady at the Lincoln Center. |
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| "Vegan Umami" with Chef Olivia Rozkowski. UMAMI is a Japanese word for "pleasant, savory taste". Brothy, earthy, meaty, briny. Like mushrooms. |
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| Nancy whips up avocado "thousand island" dressing for the smoked mushroom "reuben" skewers with carmelized onion relish |
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| Andrea watches Olivia form tiny bagels. In the foreground are fried dill pickles to go with cashew "ranch" dressing. |
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| Chef Olivia's description of Umami |
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| It was a fun 3 hours - everyone cooking. At 9 p.m. we ate! |
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| "Everything mini bagels to go with scallion cashew "cream cheese, carrot "lox" and capers |
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| mandoline for the carrot "lox" |
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| Time to enjoy the feast - bagels, mushrooms, sauces. |
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| Notice the New York style cashew "cheesecake" with warm strawberry compote that Nancy and Andrea made (in the middle of the table) It was delicious. Also the Pastrami spiced beet salad with rye croutons and dijon viniagrette. |
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