Seven Deadly Sins

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Angel and Marty recently hosted a seven-course dinner party themed the Seven Deadly Sins. Angel’s brother, Stephen, planned the menu and cooked some of the best food I’ve ever eaten.

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First, greed: lobster corn dog with white truffle popcorn

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Second, anger: scallop ceviche alla diavalo

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Third, envy: artisan lettuce, walnuts, blueberry stilton and lemon vinaigrette

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Fourth, gluttony: mung bean noodles with bacon, spinach and cream sauce

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Then, sorbet: cranberry vanilla, saffron and apple cider

Apparently I forgot to continue taking pictures of the courses. But next on the menu was sloth: short ribs, pumpkin seed risotto and broccoli rabe, and then pride: parmigiano three ways: consume, soufflé and shortbread.

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Lastly, lust: chocolate truffles: rose, lavender and cayenne

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chef extraordinaire

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our generous hostess and host

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our super-fun fellow guests

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Thanks, Angel, Marty and Stephen!

Yum.

“At a dinner party one should eat wisely but not too well, and talk well but not too wisely.” —William Somerset Maugham