Bon Appetite!
It is Friday and with Fridays come good times. Looking forward to the weekend ahead (a three day weekend, I might add), an adventure in the kitchen could not only be satisfying to your appetite, but quite entertaining. I have some suggestions for your time spent in the kitchen which includes eating, lots of flour, and your favorite pop music of the 90s. Don’t forget to share this with someone special. Particularly someone who also enjoys *NSYNC, the boy band’s first album, self titled, which came out in 1998. Er, I mean someone who also enjoys your favorite pop band.
A Classy Kitchen Experience
- First of all, a good cooking atmosphere requires the right kind of music. Tune your Pandora station to classical music.
- First Course: Butternut Squash soup
- Second Course: Bruschetta with tomato and basil
- Third Course: Caesar Salad
- Preparation for the Fourth Course: As it is cooking, partake in a game of Scrabble, cards, or Ticket to Ride (a great board game)
- Fourth Course: Three Cheese Tortellini with Garlic Green Beans on the side
- Fifth Course: Bake a pie.
- Finish the cooking experience with Julie & Julia. The lives of Julie, a blogging wife living in Queens with a passion for cooking, and Julia Childs, the famous Chef known for her cookbook, “Mastering the Art of French Cooking,” are set side by side in this film when the pressures of cooking test the lives of both Julie and Julia.
A Kid-like Kitchen Experience
- Music: Your favorite greatest and worst pop band of the 90s
- First Course: Top Ramen. So many flavors, so many possibilities.
- Second Course: Muddy Buddies, also known as Puppy Chow
- Third Course: Garden Salad with fish crackers sprinkled on top
- Preparation for the Fourth Course: While waiting for the entree, play a game of Sorry! or Trouble.
- Fourth Course: Baked Macaroni & Cheese with baked French Bread
- Fifth Course: Banana Split
- Sixth Course: Have a flour fight.
- Make the experience complete by watching Ratatouille. The tale of a rat with a desire to become a chef, but struggles through an industry that is rodent-phobic.
