menu ideas

Appetizers

Anasazi hummus with blue tortilla chips

Baba Ghanoush with pita chips

Traditional style pizza

Chicken pot stickers

Crab cakes with fermented black beans and ginger

Venison sausage stuffed mushroom caps

Grilled calamari with tomatoes, balsamic vinegar, and EVO

Sautéed mussels in white wine and garlic

Grilled shrimp with blood orange, kalamata, and oregano

Traditional style bruscetta

Soups

Roasted squash with sunflower kernels

Roasted red pepper with lump crab meat

Polish duck soup (Czarnina)

Italian seafood with tomatoes (Choippino)

Wild mushroom with wheat berries

Three bean Guinness chili

Smoked trout chowder

Salads

Asparagus with goat cheese, lemon and olive oil

Tomato, fresh mozzarella, basil, EVO, and balsamic reduction

Lettuce bundles with spicy chicken and a ponzu dipping sauce

Traditional Caesar salad Fresh vegetable ribbon salad with herb vinaigrette

Romaine lettuce, tomato, olive, and Feta cheese with a Mediterranean vinaigrette

Chilled lobster salad with a tarragon vinaigrette

Entrees

Seared elk steak with pine nut cream sauce and green onion gnocchi

Sautéed true cod over angel hair with a white wine, lemon, caper sauce

Tandoori rack of lamb with chick peas and spinach in a garam masala sauce

Soy marinated rib-eye steak with wasabi mashed potatoes and grilled eggplant

Black sesame seared Ahi tuna with purple sticky rice and edamame succotash

Hunters stew with winter root vegetables

Herb rubbed roast chicken with Stilton mashies and ratatouille

Osso Bucco with roast red pepper polenta

Lasagna with homemade sausage and tomato sauce

Desserts

Flourless chocolate torte

Coconut battered banana with chocolate ice cream

Pear tart with creme fraiche and fresh berries

Paul's bread pudding with Jack Daniels sauce

Chocolate hazelnut torte Black pepper rosemary chocolate with a raspberry mousse

Chocolate soup with strawberries and Frangelico