First, Happy New Years to all. We greeting in very mild way. We had 16
total people for 3 days at our house as guests.

With 8 being vegetarian 2 Adults with 6 children we had to vary the menu to
accomodate all.(not vegan)

Dinner started with a vegetable tray of Roasted red peppers with garlic and
olive oil, Buff Mozzarella over Beefsteak Tomatos with basil, and smoked
salmon with crem fraiche served on sardinian flatbreads with over roasted
capers dried out, onion, and caviar. This first course had 1997 Diva
Sparkling wine from the old S. Anderson of Napa. The wine was most Krug
Like I have had EVER.

Next was the main course, which was as follows:

Whole Beef Tenderloin (that I over cooked, not used to new grill :-) with
horseradish sauce.

Striped Bass mariniated in garlic and olive oil, then topped with preserved
lemon and parsley.
A Timpano (a pasta pie with pasta, tiny peas, mushrooms, onions garlic etc.
Meatless.)

Wines with this main course included all the following:

Twomey Merlot 2002
Sawyer Cellars Cab 2000
Archery Summit 2005 Prem. Cuvee Pinot Noir
Patrick Javillier Meursault les Tillets 2005

For dessert,

Crepe Cake, about 30 layers, with pastry creme with grand marnier added.
Lemoncello Cheese cake. (I cooked the crepes mid day, took about 2 hours to
do cause I am a perfectionist and many went in garbage)

Coffee, also V Satui Madera served at outside fireplace pit. Dolce late
harvest wine from Napa.

Dinner was done by 11pm.

At midnight we served Sheri Berries, chock covered strawberries, combination
of milk, white and dark with swirls and a L'Hermitage from Roederer Anderson
then off to beg by 1pm after clean up.

Nice night, hard to have house guest that long even though we love them.
All family. Thankfully we had lots of help in kitchen from wifes sister, my
navy nephews new wife, self and the kids as well.

Happy 2008.