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Halloween has been dead to me for many years. I lost interest when the allure of charming DIY costumes (um, Anna Blessing starring as ketchup and I as mustard) was replaced with slutty insert-noun-here costumes out of plastic bags! But this year is different. Halloween rebirth. For our pumpkin carving party, we ventured into projects usually judged as 'Who really does that?!' Amy set up stations for each guest featuring pre-hollowed pumpkins, incredible carving kits, black bibs and plenty of stencils and other tricks for inspiration. We had snacks (chicken liver mousse on crostini with bleeding shallot jelly--had to have an offal for Halloween!) and cocktails (black vodka martinis with dry ice!) while carving and then moved in to the living room for an autumnal dinner. With everyone's newly carved pumpkins on display, alongside Amy's more show-off detailed white pumpkins, it was a spookily lit affair. And on their way out, everyone got Trick or Treat take-home bags filled their toasted pumpkin seeds, both spicy and sweet, respectively. Happy Halloween!
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The Menu
black vodka martinis on dry ice
bleeding heart martinis with pickled beets
passed
hot artichoke crab crostini
aged gouda, fried sage, black grape crostini
chicken liver mousse with shallot jelly crostini
bacon wrapped figs
to start
puree of wild chanterelle soup
followed by
braised duck legs and smoked breast
pinot noir sauce with black pepper and dried cherries
parsnip and asian pear puree and wilted purple kale
to finish
pumpkin praline pie
flourless chocolate cake
spiced whipped cream
There is nothing wrong with making a Halloween costume out of a plastic bag!! It turned out v.chic.
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