Jake’s little brother, Al, was in town, but only until Saturday so instead of Sunday dinner this week, we did Friday dinner! The menu was inspired by $1 oysters from Whole Foods on Fridays!

Cioppino

Peach made the Cioppino - no recipe, just all the seafood (scallops, shrimp, halibut, clams, and I’m sure something else I’m forgetting). It was acidic, tomato forward and very scrumptious.

Oysters

Al bought 4 dozen all different varieties. I wrote none of them down. One batch was questionable so I think we only ended up shucking (and eating) 3 dozen. We served them with a classic mignonette: brunoise shallots + red wine vinegar + salt & pepper

Lemon Buttermilk Sherbert

This was so good. It was a hot night and then we ate hot soup 🙃 and the combination of cold + citrus was the perfect end to this meal 👌🏻 I made it from this NYTimes recipe which calls it a “sorbet” but that feels wrong since there was dairy in it.

Spiced Pecans

Since dinner was on a Friday, I didn’t have enough time for a full blown take away treat, so I picked an easy treat - and Al and I had spoken earlier in the week about his love for pecans. These are more spicy than sweet, but definitely a fun host gift / homemade treat to put out!