On Sat, 27 Aug 2016 23:50:13 -0400, Ed Pawlowski > wrote:

>To celebrate a couple of birthdays I made dinner for my wife and a
>friend. It started yesterday with a trip to Avon Prime Meats to get a
>few veal chops. Thee are thick chops, just over a pound each. I made
>sausage soup and a cheesecake.
>
>Today, we started about 1:30 with the soup and a bottle of prosecco and
>some flowers for the ladies.
>
>A few hours later we went out to the deck as the sun moved to the other
>side of the house. Started with a simple dish of sliced yellow and red
>tomato and basil and fresh mozzarella on each.
>
>The main course was the grilled veal chops and risotto with asparagus.
>I seasoned the chops earlier with salt, pepper, garlic and rosemary.
>When they came off the grill I brushed them with olive oil and rosemary.
>
>Dessert was the cheesecake with a topping of cherries in a reduction of
>amaretto and topped with a dab of whipped cream.
>
>Overall it was a great meal with great people. I enjoyed doing this for
>both of them. In the past I took them to a nice restaurant, but this
>was more enjoyable in spite of the work.

Sounds great - can you say how you did the cherry reduction with
amaretto ?