Champagne Friday!

Another fantastic Champagne Friday was held at the apartment yesterday.

Here's my starter salad, who's purpose was to keep me from eating too much cheese and bread. I think it worked! I'm trying to keep some red leaf lettuce and shredded carrots on hand at all times now - keeps me from munching on less healthier stuff (well, ideally...)

Rosemary bread from Citarella with Unio olive oil. So delicious! This is a very olive-y olive oil. I hate olives, but I loved this stuff. And who did I see walking out of Citarella as I'm walking in? Uma Thurman! We totally made eye contact but I looked away really quickly as I hate to gawk when I see a celebrity, especially if they are just out getting groceries by themselves and trying to be a normal person like the rest of us schleps. Anyway...

And the piece de resistance: le fromage and le Champagne (or, in this case, sparkling wine, but who's telling?)Also, some smoked whitefish hiding behind that hunk of cheese. I picked up some "cave-aged" gruyere at Citarella, and the rest I don't remember their names - I will have to write them down next time. Could I be turning into a cheese snob? No way! I still love me some sliced American cheese from the deli any old day!

We ended the evening with chocolate cake shots: one part citron vodka, one part Frangelico, and just sugar the rim of your shot glass. You will be shocked at how chocolate cake-y this tastes. We made two shots and passed them around, so everyone got a few sips. Delish!