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New Year's Eve 2020

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The stage is set for our annual New Year's Eve dinner.

Since it's been a two-person affair for more than a decade, staying home was no issue.

This year's dinner was a six-course meal, reprising several dishes we had discovered during the year

and three outstanding craft brews from New York, Vermont, and Massachusetts.

Linguiça

Gherkins

Pork rillettes

Smoked salmon

Cheeses 

Duck cracklings 

Queso manchego

Kerrygold Reserve cheddar

Goat’s cheese with figs

Assortment of crackers and flatbreads

The beer: Middling Earth Extra Special Bitter

King’s County Brewers Collective, Brooklyn, NY

As usual, Pippin prefers to enjoy the party from  safe distance.

Perhaps he's afraid we'll ask him to do the dishes. 

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Soup

Butternut and acorn squash soup with ginger and orange zest

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Appetizer

Steak tartare

Pumpernickel squares

The beer: Mountain Ale

Shed Brewery, Middlebury, VT

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Palate cleanser

Meyer lemon sorbet

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Main Course

Crispy duck confit

Red onion marmalade

Rutabaga purée

Steamed broccolini

The beer: Cookies and Cream Imperial stout

Mighty Squirrel Brewing Co., Waltham, MA

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Dessert

Fabbri Amarena cherry trifle

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Best wishes for health and peace in the coming year.

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