Eating Pretty: Throw a Pink Dinner Party

02/15/2011

Eating Pretty: Throw a Pink Dinner Party

Jeannette Ordas

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Years ago before there were such things as food blogs, my friends and I would always dream up elaborate dinner parties based on vintage recipe books we'd find at the thrift store. There was talk of picking a "Tahitian Beach Party" menu where everything was served out of a pineapple and garnished with marachino cherries. Needless to say, we never went through with these grand plans.

pink dinner party Vintage towel from Etsy seller, Call me Jasper

I've never given up my dream for a wacky dinner party. Somewhere around the same time I was flipping through those old cookbooks, I thought about throwing a dinner party where every course was pink. I grew up with a pink room, I dyed my hair fushia in the '90s, and I dig into a pink grapefruit every morning during the winter. What can I say, pink appeals to the girlie in me.

An all-pink meal is a risky proposition. You have to be creative and things need to be delicious—think "pink champagne," not Pepto Bismal. So before I plan a rosy-hued meal in real life, I'm taking the plunge here to plan it out course-by-course. A virtual meal as it were. And lucky you, because you're invited!

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02/24/2011
MadCalicoJess
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There is a dip that I make, that takes some coaxing to get people to try, but once they do! Throw a cup of radishes, clove of garlic, juice of a lemon, 8oz or so of cream cheese (or sour cream), dill and some salt & pepper in a blender, delicious! And depending on the dairy you use this can be used any where from a dressing to a sandwich condiment.
02/20/2011
Bijoux
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I only do pink in moderation. However, I surprised myself a few years ago when I purchased a blazing pink silk scarf made in India. Me?! In terms of food, the only pink food I have been known to make is a mayo, horseradish, ketchup mixture for dipping shrimp and mock-crab sticks into. It's my take on seafood sauce. The pink eggs in the photo are a bit freaky but I can see myself making just about everything else.
02/18/2011
Kristel
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The only pink food I've ever made was decidely more lowbrow -- beet stained spaghetti with cornflake chicken fingers. I don't know that it was worth the effort of dyeing the spaghetti, but if I'd been an eight year old girl, it probably would have been.
02/15/2011
janet
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What I would have given to have this blog when I was planningmy adult daughter's Christmas gift - you got it - a Pink Party catered by yours truly - Momma! The gift was a hit and the party a success ... Here are the menu items: Shrimp Sliders with Pomegranate Compote Roasted Beet and Chicken Stuffed Endive Sweet Potato Latkes with Sweet Red Pepper Yogurt Pink Pepper Goat Cheese and Marinated Olives Manchego and Chocolate Stuffed Sweet Hot Red Peppers Strawberry Bruchetta
02/15/2011
Alejandra Ramos
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This is fabulous! Another fun addition would be beet gnocchi: http://www.alwaysorderdessert.com/2010/08/beet-goat-cheese-gnocchi-in-rosemary.html