Chamber of Commerce Charity Dinner

So, for the past several years my mother has been signing me up to do dinner parties for various charities. We usually do one or two sometime after summer. And I have gotten to the point were I really enjoy them.

This weekend we did a dinner party for the Chamber of Commerce. Nine ladies bought the wine tasting in an auction. All proceeds went to the chamber, my parents hosted it & bought the food. Peter Beeman, who owns the Main Liquor store in Kerrville, pairs and supplies all the wine. And I do the cooking.

For Appetizers we did Braised Pork Bellies with a Raspberry Glaze:


1st Course: Pumpkin Beggar's Purse with a Brown Butter Sage Sauce


2nd Course: Peach & Tomato Salad with a Lemon-Infused Olive Oil


3rd Course: Lobster Bisque with Chives


4th Course: Seared Halibut with Zuchinni and Squash Diamonds and a Lemongrass Sauce


5th Course: Tenderloin with a Parsnip Risotto and an Oyster Mushroom Demi


6th Course: Coconut Chocolate Cake with a Coconut Caramel Sauce



I recently did a wedding out here and was upset that I was just too busy to take pictures of the food when it was going out. So, this weekend I enlisted the help of the beautiful, talented, kind, and sassy Kathleen Williams to help me prep a little and take tons of wonderful pictures. Here she is picking a little sage:


My brother James helped with lots of Front of the House duties:


His lovely wife, Lindsay, helped with all the plating:


Edward, Mary Liz, and Edward Jr. showed up for the fun:


Here is a picture of Peter Beeman helping out in the back:


For some reason, I don't have a picture of my sweet sweet mom helping with everything, but she did a large part of the work.

It was, as always a good time.