{"id":12456,"date":"2017-04-14T04:08:13","date_gmt":"2017-04-14T04:08:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/food.hoggardwagner.org\/?p=12456"},"modified":"2017-04-14T04:08:13","modified_gmt":"2017-04-14T04:08:13","slug":"grissini-bresaola-scallops-tomato-greens-cheese-gelato","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/food.hoggardwagner.org\/?p=12456","title":{"rendered":"grissini; bresaola; scallops, tomato, greens; cheese; gelato"},"content":{"rendered":"

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There were 4\u00a0of these plates.<\/p>\n

We had invited 2 guests; neither had had dinner\u00a0with us before, and one of\u00a0them had not even been to the apartment.<\/p>\n

I had chosen\u00a0a menu which would normally allow me plenty of time to be with friends before dinner, but somehow I never got around to preparing all that I could ahead of time. In fact, I hadn’t even begun.<\/p>\n

In the past I would have panicked before they arrived, or after, or more likely, both before and after. This time however I was completely relaxed, and because I didn’t want to miss any of the conversation, I even welcomed\u00a0everyone into the breakfast room area next\u00a0to the kitchen while I was working on the meal.<\/p>\n

I was shocked that none of this fazed\u00a0me, and that I didn’t miss a step.<\/p>\n

Practice works.<\/p>\n

I said at the beginning that there were 4 plates, but there were also\u00a04 courses, plus\u00a0our standing\/standup starter of Italian grissini and\u00a0sparkling wine.<\/p>\n

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