I cater therefore I am. This past week, on reflection, has been extraordinary. It began by catering for an engineer that was on the original team that designed the Atlas Rocket. It was the dark ages of computers and the math work was done on slide-rulers.
Atlas is a family of American missiles and space launch vehicles. The original Atlas missile was designed in the late 1950s and produced by the Convair Division of General Dynamics, to be used as an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM). It was a liquid propellant rocket burning liquid oxygen and RP-1 fuel in three engines configured in an unusual "stage-and-a-half" or "Parallel Staging" design: its two outboard booster engines were jettisoned during ascent, while its center sustainer engine, propellant tanks and other structural elements were retained through orbital insertion (for orbital flights).
Also, at a private dinner, one of the guests was Nancy Pelosi. The menu had an Italian flair. Ms. Pelosi reportedly said that she had a dream about the Osso Bucco.
Pizza from the Wood Fired Oven
Smoked Salmon, Marguerite-Sausage & Mushrooms, Market Vegetable Pesto
Tri Color Italian Salad
Bibb, Arugula, Radicchio, Truffle Vinaigrette
Osso Bucco Milanese
saffron risotto, broccolini
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Branzino on Braised Fennel, Light Jus
Lemon Tiramisu
Ciabatta, Focaccia
Amaretto Cookies and Truffles
Nancy Patricia D'Alesandro Pelosi (/pəˈloʊsi/; born March 26, 1940) is an American politician who currently serves as the Minority Leader of the United States House of Representatives, representing California's 12th congressional district. She previously served as the 52nd House Speaker from 2007 to 2011, the only woman to do so. As Speaker, she attained the highest rank of any female politician in American history.
To cap it off, we filmed an episode of The Inn Crowd cooking show with the iconic Tab Hunter. Ginni Dreier hosted the show at her hilltop estate. See my later post about that show, the first of our winter 2017-18 season.
Tab Hunter (born Arthur Andrew Kelm; July 11, 1931) is an American actor, pop singer and author. He has starred in over 40 films and is probably best known as a Hollywood star of the 1950s and 1960s.
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