One of our insta-traditions started when we moved into the Hill Street house some years ago, and realized that we had a huge Victorian bay window, crying out for a huge Christmas tree. We invited a bunch of people over to help trim our tree, but we didn't really have the ornamenture necessary to fill the beast. We pulled out the huge bin of lego, and our friends happily built and built and built. Each year, the ornaments get broken back down into the bin, and the next year, the tree is different. As you might imagine, such hard work requires some pretty serious fortification. Here's the menu of snacks and tasties from this year's party:
Triple chocolate cookies
Molasses-ginger cookies
Pate with porcini and calvados
Several cheese boards
Apples, grapes & pears
Assorted Olives
Spicy maple nuts (cashews, almonds & pecans)
Hot spiced apple cider