Since having our son in March, my husband and I have had a chance to go out on a decent amount of dinner dates (perks of living in the same city as my parents) but it dawned on me this past Saturday afternoon that I hadn’t done what I love to do as often: cook an amazing meal at home.
While suffering through Eat Pray Love (sorry, Julia), I plotted through our Saturday night feast at home. After much back and forth, I decided to make an Italian dinner. So, with those main objectives in mind, I decided to do a truffle-infused mushroom and pea rigatoni with an heirloom tomato salad and a cheese plate dessert. And of course wine was on the menu (but when isn’t it?).
In exchange for the meal I was set to prepare, I asked my husband, an amazing photographer, to do a simple task and document the preparation, execution, and consumption of the meal. Below are his photos of our wonderful Saturday evening.
The makings for our feast.
The sips and bubbles to accompany our eats
Gruet is an amazing sparkling wine from New Mexico. Pop!
First things first, let's get those flutes filled, shall we?
Sauteeing the mushrooms
Fig spread, basil and heirloom tomatoes
With all the delicious cooking, lest us not forget the bubbly
Lots going on...
Basil prep
Slices for the tomato salad
Getting ready to serve
This is our kitchen in a nutshell
Final touches...
Eat. Drink.
Truffle infused mushroom, pea rigatoni
Perfect way to spend an evening
The meal
Eat now
Cheese course: Manchego, drunken goat and tripple cream Brie
Post-feast Scrabble game (I won)...
Thank you to my darling husband, Ian Merritt, for documenting this wonderful evening. It felt good to be back in the kitchen.
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