Archive of Tuesday night dinner parties: Year 1

Some of the entries are incomplete. Please send me mail if you can fill in the gaps in our knowledge.

October 5

Stuffed zucchini

October 12

Red beans and rice (from some old copy of the Moosewood cookbook)

October 19

Antipasto (Fight Club theme)

October 26

Split pea soup

November 2

Indian food (Election day)

November 9

Colombian Ratattouie (from the Elephant Walk cookbook).

November 16

Latkes (Max buys a cuisinart)

November 23

Crepes (JD returns from paris bearing fragrant fromage)

November 30

Vietnamese curry and egg rolls

December 7

Sushi (and pocky, and lichi, and Ashai, and Sapporo, and...)

December 14

Risotto, contributed pumpkin/curry soup. A small dent was made in the pile of excess beverages.

December 21

Red pepper and blended veggie soup. A near culinary disaster brought back from the brink by some last-minute high-potency flavoring agents.

December 28

Inter-holiday lull, but a few people showed up anyway to enjoy pot-stickers from Trader Joe's

January 4

Having survived into the new year, we celebrated by (finally!) purchasing an adequate stock of bowls for our guests, and served noodle soup (ramen), fresh made to the specifications of Wagamama

January 11

We fall back to a staple, yet go overboard anyway: Burritos

January 18

Pizza: An American classic, yet oddly foriegn to our house. None with tomato sauce or meat. The most interesting was the yam and eggplant.

January 25

"Aluminium Chefs": Name any ingredient, we'll cook it. A questionable idea with our friends: pinapple/jicama/avacado salad and black bean soup. WD-40 was suggested, but rejected on the grounds that it is not actually food.

February 1

Lasange, based on the Barilla pre-cooked lasange sheets. We actually tested this before inflicting it on the guests.

February 8

Homemade Chinese. Hot and sour soup (good, although in the end it was neither hot nor sour), rice, fortune cookies, and funny asian salty snacks with seaweed.

February 15

For this, the 20th week of HMS Putnam dinners, we declared a potluck meal, and ended up with food all over the map: cream cheese and tomato quesadillas, chinese meatballs, macaroni and cheese.

February 22

Burgers: Veggie burgers. Bean burgers. Meat bugers. Onion burgers. Fries: "fast-food style".

February 29

"Hearth"-baked pizza, fresh from our stone-enhanced gas oven.

March 7

(Anti)pesto and pasta.

March 14

Tacos, chicken, rice.

March 21

Chipotle chili and cornbread.

March 28

Red beans and rice. More cornbread.

April 4

Pizza redux: The triumph of the cracked pizza stone. Ever had black bean and salsa pizza? Neither had we.

April 11

Putnam meets Orwell. 1984-style stir fry. Brought to you by the Ministry of Plenty. chicken, doubleplusunchicken, egg noodles of hate, stir fry of war, and victory gin. Mandatory donation and blood test waived.

April 18

No dinner at the HMS putnam. Grand opening of 324 Mass Ave.

April 25

30th week of dinner!

May 2

Veg soup, plus leftover food from the premiere of Rune.

May 9

Food.

May 16

Britain invades; we serve bangers and mash, washed down with Guinness.

May 23

Food.

May 30

Food.

June 6

Pizza: The Spatula In The Stone.

June 13

Ethiopian food. Finger food. It's all the same, really.

June 20

Food.

June 27

Ambient heat inspires simplicity. Pasta, salad, strawberries, ice cream.

July 4

For our 40th consecutive dinner, we arranged to have the Boston Pops play and some fireworks go off over the river, and held a picnic in the park next door.

July 11

Food.

July 18

Food.

July 25

Tempura (veggies, sweet potato, shrimp) and rice noodle salad. Group effort ensures that this labor-intensive dinner is enjoyed by all, as people take turns slaving over the hot oil.

August 1

In celebration of our rent only being raised ten percent, and consequently being able to look forward to another year of Tuesday night dinners, we go on a baking bonanza. Quiche, fresh bread, and a fruit salad.

August 8

Thai! Chicken and tofu satay, green chili and red peanut sauces, and peach cobbler flambé.

August 15

Food.

August 22

In celebration of Max's triumphant return from hiking the Appilachian trail, we serve U.S. Senate Navy Bean Soup and fresh bread.

August 29

Polenta and salsa, for that Continental/Hispanic cross-over experience.

September 5

Tempura of many vegetables and shrimp and tofu in hot oil. Strawberries bread well, but look like guts when they're fried.

September 12

Black bean soup and fresh chicken, prosuitto, and chese sausage; a side of sweet potato fries.

September 19

Sandwiches of fresh hummus, cheese, and vegetables on a variety of interesting fresh-baked breads.

September 26

Pizza! Inspired by Emma's, we do a crispy thin-crust, and there's lots of onions, prosuitto, and sweet potato to be had.