Walking the Talk, Part 2

Success.  Overall, the night was a success.  Were there things that could have been better?  Of course, yes. I would have liked the skin of the chicken crispier.  Someone suggested, too, that there could have been more rosemary in the Blood Orange Gin Sparkler (recipe here).  But guess what?  We did it.  We pulled it off.  Inclement weather and everything.

These supper club events are helping me understand that people want to connect.  Every time my team and I host an event, it's so amazing the me how some of the most unlikely people, people who normally wouldn't talk to each other, close their normal barriers and allow someone different in...even if just that evening. These are the most special moments to watch.  I love that.

I know my team and I made the right decision to go ahead with the event.  Why?  Because as my friend, Kevin Shinn said in his blog today (The Sustained Chef), "you make a decision and you make it right."  We made it right yesterday, as evidenced by the 19 people who showed up, ready to eat, drink and be merry.  For that, and maybe that alone, I'm glad.

Walking the Talk

Well, wouldn't you  know.  After the first posting from this blog, I am getting the chance to walk out my new, "what-the-hell" attitude to the world.  Myself, along with my dear friends, Rachel and LeAnn are hosting a Supper Club event during an epic snowstorm here in Nebraska.  Mind you, there was little to no snow all winter long...and now we have snow in spades.  Well, damn.

I know that some of the 22- 23 guests who RSVP'd will not come.  That's a given as we all have our limits.  What I'm hoping for, though, is that the lure of really good food and even better company brings out the majority of people.  Food does that.  I've proven it out time and again when I've held dinner parties at my home and almost EVERYONE has shown up during the worst weather winter had to offer in the past. 

So, walk with me during this scary time...as there are people who have never eaten the food Rachel and I have prepared...Nor has some of these people ever experienced the kind of hospitiality that LeAnn is so good at showing.  I promise the food will be great but the love and comraderie that goes into these events are what makes these nights amongst the most special.  More to come...