This year my friend Anne had the brilliant idea to do a couples romantic cooking class at ICE (Institute of Culinary Education) in NYC. I surprised Evan by telling him to meet me at the Flatiron Building at 5:30 so he really had no idea what I had in store. As we met up and approached the school, it all clicked and he got excited! I was so proud of myself for actually keeping it a secret. I get too excited and usually spill it!
The night was a blast! The class was made up of 8 couples and 3 menus, so 3 different tables made a complete dinner menu. We had 3 complete dinners! Outstanding! Ours was coq au vin, grilled vegetables (notice my perfect char gridmarks on the eggplant!!!) and chocolate mousse, then the next table was scallops, risotto and creme a la coeur, then the last table made filet mignon with burgundy sauce and mushrooms, pommes anna, a vegetable dish and bananas foster. There was lots of fire that night! The chef teacher claimed that that was the romantic part. He was a little uptight, but my friend Anne and I got the giggles with our creation of cleverly artistic whipped cream and raspberry decorations on our mousse and that was the romantic part! Use your imagination. We got a few eye rolls from the chef.
It may not have been the MOST romantic Valentine's, but surely it was one of the funnest!
I love you, Chef Evan!
10 comments:
what are you too chicken to show the "romantic" picture?
oh how fun!!!! hi to anne and bill!
Oh what a GREAT idea! I will definitely keep that one in mind. How fun! I remember that you guys take turns for who's in charge of Valentine's Day, I think we're going to start doing that, then you only have to be stressed every-other year. =)
What a fun date! I love how there was so much "heat" ;)
So great!!! What a fun thing to do!
The "romantic" picture is on a different blog. The one that is password protected. ;-)
sounds like a blast! any date in nyc is wonderful! ok, so i have no announcement to make regarding cravings (: we're just holding it together with 2 right now (: fun to read up on your blog...
I wish we could have been there! I'm looking forward to more cooking classes with your guys in the future.
how fun is that!!! I think that sounds way fun & totally romantic - what is a more romantic combo than awesome food and a hubby!?!?!?!
That is such an awesome idea! Sounds like tons of fun and it looks delicious too!
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