Katharine C: Cook&Eat chez Denise

 Photo Credits:  Denise and Katharine. 

The baton, passed from Caroline to Orla last year,  has now passed to Denise who is the 2016 Chair for Cook&Eat.  The inaugural session was held in October.

Denise and Peggy

Denise's program will focus on cooking vegetarian food.  Today we cooked a spicy carrot salad (watch out for those piments verts on your fingers and eyes);  a vegetable tagine with steamed "slow" couscous (the couscous takes longer than the instant couscous cooking method, but is infinitely better);  and baklava for dessert.   Denise found the elegant flamingo napkins in Versailles, and these graced the table. 

Spicy carrot salad

The tagine cooking....

..... and the finished dish

Baklava using phyllo dough & walnuts,  and at least six hands

Elizabeth and Katharine

Leslie on duty with the couscous

Mary-Catherine, Susan and Elizabeth

Peggy and Leslie

Susan, Denise, Anne and Elizabeth

Orla, Peggy and Mary-Catherine

Katharine, Anne, Orla, Peggy and Leslie

A happy morning for us all, and we thank Denise for her warm welcome and hospitality,
and a great kick-off to the Cook&Eat year.   A warm welcome also to our new member
Elizabeth.