Friday, October 21, 2011

Do You Know the Way to Monterey?

Moments do resemble ads sometimes, and such was the case with a lovely-and-a-half dinner we had the great pleasure of hosting earlier this summer. It's mighty fun to hang with cool people under the wisteria-covered arbor in the backyard of our Spanish charmer. Thanks to everyone and everything and all the planets aligning etc.

And then Matt Kettmann, Indy colleague, went and wrote it all up too:

In an evening of culinary highlights, perhaps the happiest words we heard on a warm night in a backyard on Santa Barbara’s Westside this past summer were these: “I have these little presents to give out.” So said chef Danny Douglas (dannydouglascatering.com) as he presented the 10 of us with his main course, succulent halibut filets cooked in paper and just this side of done, served alongside asparagus, bok choy, and shiitake mushrooms. “Wow,” said The Indy’s food editor, George Yatchisin, our host for the night. “That smells great without even opening it.”

Want to read the rest, then go do so at the Indy's site.

2 comments:

  1. That smells great without even opening it.

    Better than smelling fishy.

    So...you had a dinner catered?? Why didn't *I* think of that for my dinner parties?? Saves on dishes. And shame (for ill-prepared food, that is).

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  2. Sort of catered--Danny's a friend, and a friend of the paper's, so he agreed to do it for cost (and get some well-deserved press, too).

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