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[kbarber]

I've posted on my blog (http://toursenlair.b...nner-party.html) a menu I recently served for a ballet-themed dinner party. I'd love to hear more suggestions.

[ascballerina]

That is the best, kbarber!

[kbarber]

ascballerina, on 01 January 2013 - 09:31 AM, said:

That is the best, kbarber!

glad you enjoyed it! It was tasty too.

[Paul Parish]

SOunds like a great party --

and I DID like the triple Pas

[ascballerina]

You could try Chinese Tea, Spanish Hot Chocolate, Mother Ginger [insert a ginger dish here], or anything from there....ooh, you could do a dish with nuts, too

At the end, it would be pas marche: don't--or rather, can't--walk!

A Risotto Adagio would work....

Yes, I was thinking about this for the last several hours.

[kbarber]

ascballerina, on 01 January 2013 - 09:32 PM, said:

At the end, it would be pas marche: don't--or rather, can't--walk!

A Risotto Adagio would work....

I love it! Pas d'action at the end would work too.
Risotto Adagio... I have visions of Aurora balancing with a glob of rice in her hand....

[Mme. Hermine]

i don't recall the details as it was years ago, but in a fit of whimsy one year a group of us decided that we would have a birthday party for rudolph nureyev, had a cake decorated with happy birthday rudolph and made up a sitting mannequin in a tunic and tights and even gave it silly "presents". those were the days -

[cubanmiamiboy]

Wine, wine and more wine to recall the harvest in Giselle!

Then at the end present the drunkest guest as the Queen or King of the harvest...

[abatt]

Balanchine loved a vodka toast, and also apparently liked smoked salmon on pumpernickel bread.