This year though, NYE had an added incentive for celebrations. Andrew and Andrew (Ike) celebrated their 20th anniversary. So the usual suspects, including, R & R, P & T and Tezza and I decided to have a dinner party for them to mark the significance of the occasion. I was feeling very inspired after Jane Webster’s fabulous “French Table” classes and planned a meal that allowed me to practice some of her recipes. The evening kicked off with savouries (yes I cooked and ate anchovies again!) with sparkling wine, followed with Peter serving a fantastic prawn salad for entrée. The salt, fennel and bay leaf rubbed pork fillets with PCH home grown cauliflower were yummy. Honey panna cotta with stewed cherries using my own vanilla bean recipe provided a pleasing dessert and Ruthie put together a stunning cheese platter, as she so often does.

