Christmas Eve Dinner: Three dozen oysters, scallops with wine and veggies, a five-pound lobster, clams, snails, langostines, shrimp, salad, half a dozen baguettes, seven types of cheese, fresh fruit, creme anglaise, homemade meringues, candied kumquats, chocolate, coffee, red wine, white wine … and a few things I’m forgetting.
Chrismas Day Lunch: Two geese, sausage and giblet stuffing, squash, salad, god knows how many baguettes, two plates of cheese (none of it recycled from the previous night), a gigantic “log” made from choux and carmelized sugar, chocolate, coffee, red wine, white wine … and a few things I’m forgetting!
Vive la france, and may god have mercy on my waist-line!
