Lulu’s Musings….

Entertaining is not about perfection; it is about connection.

If you have followed these musings for any length of time, you know that I love sharing meals with friends.  I enjoy the laughter, the camaraderie, the good things to eat and appreciate the effort that friends put into  planning and preparing a special evening.

This particular friend entertains with artful simplicity.

The dishes are white

set on a simple black table.

The centerpiece is always interesting, understated and creative.

Don’t you love the pumpkin sitting on bittersweet and marvel at the perfection of the carved round holes?

The meals here are never disappointing and though they are not likely to be so, they always seem so effortless.

This night’s zucchini soup was the best I’ve ever had.  The main ingredients were roasted zucchini, chicken stock and cream blended together in a savory soup.

It was followed by seared fresh scallops atop mixed greens and finished with crisp pancetta.  The man in the kitchen would surely approve of this!

Over an apple crisp dessert, we got to talking about Nutella which I tasted recently for the first time.  Where has it been all my life!  I was assured there was something even better:  Biscoff spread.  Once I tasted it I couldn’t stop myself from having one more spoonful, then another and another until I was about to pop.

So there you are, a table, a meal, company combined for a perfect evening.

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