DINNER PARTY MENU
Choose an appetizer, an entree and a dessert for your party of up to 8 people. Contact us for menu requests, prices, and scheduling.
Appetizers
- Avocado and gorgonzola salad, with walnuts and cranberries
- Seared scallops with beetroot puree and popped cherry tomatoes
- Salad Nicoise with seared tuna steak
- Creamy beet soup with garlic croutons, bacon, and water cress
- Panko salmon fingers with Asian ketchup and apple slaw
Entrees
- Seared pork loin over pea and mushroom risotto, with poached egg
- Asian steelhead trout over pineapple rice
- Filet mignon with savory mashed potatoes, sauteed spinach and pine nuts (kitchen dependent)
- Rich spaghetti Bolognese with pull-apart garlic pesto boule
- Herb crusted chicken thighs with saffron polenta and lemon asparagus
Desserts
- Chocolate sponge with cherry compote and chocolate mouse
- Lemon meringue squares with strawberry coulis
- Apple & blueberry tart with lemon whipped cream
- Sauteed pears with salted nuts and cranberries and home-made vanilla ice cream
BUFFET CATERING
Choose as many of the following as you like to build a beautiful buffet for a cocktail party, birthday gathering, or any other event. Contact us for menu requests, prices, and scheduling.
- Savory Italian pastries
- Savory mushroom & rosemary tarts
- Goat cheese & fig puffs
- Baked salmon platter with lemon dill sauce
- Smoked salmon platter with lemon and capers
- Lamb chops with mint dipping sauce
- Chicken skewers with peanut sauce
- Endive tacos with home-made queso
- Artisanal cheese boards
- Warm mini fritattas
- Veggies with home-made blue cheese dip
TARA’S COOKING CLASSES FOR KIDS
Provide a fun, creative, and educational experience for your kids. Tara will teach and cook alongside the kiddos, together preparing savory and sweet items of your choosing. Contact us for item requests, prices, guidelines and scheduling.
Savory
- Fettuccine with pesto cream sauce
- Home-made flatbread with fun toppings
- Italian sliders
- Skirt steak fajitas
- Potato cheese soup
Sweet
- Apple pie with cinnamon whipped cream · Cupcakes with raspberry filling and butter cream frosting
- S'mores brownies
- Chocolate-dipped shortbread
