Friday, February 19, 2016

Baking: Dinner Party

Friday night, I had a few friends over for a dinner party. I've been reading Bread and Wine by Shauna Niequist, and it's inspired me to host people for dinner. This particular group of friends and I call ourselves "Letterpress" after the name of the coffee shop we plan to open. More on that later, look for info in the newspaper! Just kidding. 
So we have an imaginary coffee shop and some super fun people. Two of us are out of town and one has work, so it's just a party of four tonight! 
First, I carried tons of stuff downstairs to the kitchen in the dorm basement. 


See all that? It's all mine. Hey, I got my steps for the day after my third trip up the stairs! 

We're having tacos. First, the sides. Lettuce, check! (bought it bagged. swag.) Tomato...I've never sliced a tomato before. How's this look? 


Good enough for me!


Wait that looks just like it's supposed to. YAY nice work. I should get cheese; I'll probably just steal it from the caf... 

Next was rice and beans, which I moved from the styrofoam container into a mug and a Tupperware. Again, college life. 


That's not sketchy at all, right? I'll keep telling myself that. 

Now the guac: Wholly Guacamole  with a few sliced tomatoes and scoops of salsa tossed in. 


Then, in lieu of Saran Wrap, I pressed some chips over the top. Inventive, yes. Will it work? We shall see. (update: it did!)

The meat was easy enough . . . 


It's cracking me up how unappetizing all of these pictures look. Perfect for a blog post about the difficulties of cooking in a dorm room! 

The next step was transport, which was a party. But we finally made it with our strange mix of dishes to Kathryn's house, where we were eating!


We talked and laughed for a few hours; it was lovely and so precious. So today, I'm thankful for amazing people, cooking meals, groups of friends falling together, and dinner parties. 


Love y'all. Go cook some dinner. 
Charlie 

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