We're making a good old comfort dinner to go. It'll be ready for you on Friday, December 24th between 2 and 4 (which is when we'll close that night.)

 

Here's our menu:

 

At the start:

 

Traditional Shrimp Cocktail

with Spicy, homemade Cocktail Sauce

 

Julia Child's Beef Bourguignon, made with Hickory Nut Gap Beef

 

accompanied by

Elsie's Noodles with Sherry

 

Green Bean Casserole (which is SO fabulously comforting I'm changing the menu to have it with this dinner too)

 

Rosemary Yeasted Rolls

 

Sacher Torte

 

Oh, and you KNOW this is the menu you MUST eat if you live here and you want to have the very best of luck for the New Year.  Call us up and save yours. 252-1500.

 

(Yes, I know this is next week, but it is not too soon to start thinking about that.  And yes, we'll be open for the whole week between Christmas and New Year's Eve.)

 

New Year’s Eve

Good Luck Dinner-to-Go

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From Laurey’s

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The Menu:

Hoppin’ John

Collard Greens

Stuffed Local Pork Chops

Corn Bread

Individual Key Lime Pies

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The Price: 20.11

(it IS the eve of 2011!!!)

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Order by Thursday the 30th at noon.

Pick up on Friday between 2 and 4

252-1500

 

It's not too late to sign up for our soup class, as we have a few more spots.  It'll be THIS Wednesday, December 22 from 6-8.  Call us at 252-1500 to sign up.  

 

I'll be making Corn and Yukon Gold Potato Chower with Bacon Crisps, Tomato and Dill Soup with Creme Fraiche, and a Butternut Squash soup with Frizzled Shallots.

 

Here are our dinners for this coming week.

 

Order by noon and we'll have your dinner ready to pick up by 3.

 

Monday, December 20   Elsie’s Chicken Baked in Wine 11.95

Tuesday, December 21   Green Tabasco Fried Chicken w/ Cornbread + Mashed ‘taters 12.50

Wednesday, December 22   Swedish Meatballs with Dilled Buttered Noodles 12.75

Thursday, December 23   * Vietnamese Fishcakes w/ Cucumber Salad + Sweet Chiles 13.95

Friday, December 24  Christmas Eve Dinner to Go 

 

* dinners marked with an asterisk are gluten free

Here's a swell idea (wish I'd thought of it myself...)

 

If you purchase $50.00 worth of gift certificates (i.e. one for $50 or 5 for $10, etc.) we will give YOU a Thank You card for $5.00 which you can spend here until the end of March. 

 

Got plans on the night of the 25th?  How about coming here with your kids to dance!  This is a "private party" meaning we will not be officially open.  It is a benefit for Shayla, a little angel friend of mine who is tackling some major health challenges. 

 

If you come, please bring some cookies to share and also a gift card for my sweet friend and her family.  Target.  A grocery store.  A certificate from us (now THAT'S a great idea!)... you choose.

 

My friend Ari, one of the co-founders of Zingerman's - the very most excellent deli in Ann Arbor, is coming to Asheville!!!!  AND, he's coming to Laurey's!!!!

 

Join in on this really fun night.  Ari will be here telling bacon stories.  I'll be here cooking.  Bacon.  With every single course. 

 

The price is a very reasonable 49.00 per person + tax.  You'll get a delicious meal with bacon, bacon, and more bacon.  If you'd like beer and or wine, we'll ask for $12.00 more.

 

We're still pouring through Ari's book to pick the exact menu but I can assure you it will be DELICIOUS!!!

 

December 18, 2010

 

Hiya,

 

It’s Christmas week! Zounds! I’ve got a lot to do before my sisters gather with me next weekend. How is it that I sometimes sit around doing nothing, wondering what to do and then, when I don’t have any time to do all the things I need to do, I have way too much to do? You’d think I’d remember, when I have all that open time, to do the things that I will not have time to do when the crunch is on. Sigh.

 

Last night I drove to Brevard and presented a Christmas dinner to a group for the 19th time! It is stunning to me to realize I have been in business this long, and I found myself rolling into the spirit of the holiday as we drove away from here, car filled with dinner. The very best part of this dinner is the people we serve dinner to. A tradition like this, their tradition, is mine too. I know all the people from their office, I know the children, and now the grandchildren too. We share stories of their family and mine each year, catching up, commiserating, comparing work stories, congratulating each other on our persistence in these troubling times. I always feel boosted by them and last night was no exception.

 

And then, part 2 of our tradition followed. After serving their dinner and washing all the glasses and packing up all our pots and pans, we tuck back into the car and head to (wait for it) The Cardinal Drive-In, where we get Vanilla malted milk shakes and horrifically greasy onion rings. We roll the window down for the gal to hand us a tray filled with our unhealthy but highly enjoyable snacks. And then we drive back to Asheville, munching and sipping.

 

Part 3, the last part of the evening, is all about driving back to the shop and seeing all the Christmas lights. My very favorite display, the one I pray will be there again each year, is the modest ranch house that is decked out with lights and illuminated reindeer and angels. Most importantly, the property is bordered with strings of old-fashioned colored lights that are each covered with an empty plastic gallon milk jug. The plastic makes the lights glow like frosty cubes and it is not a stretch to say that my Christmas evening is, after seeing them, complete.

 

Generally speaking we come back, unload, and head home. But last night Kris and I both realized we’d left our shop keys on our desks (oops!) so, after agreeing to unload today, I drove home with a full car and finished out a perfect evening by sinking into the heat of the water in the tub on my deck.

 

Tonight is our Comfort and Joy dinner and then, in a rush, it’ll be time to start thinking about 2011. For now I’m going to stop and think about last night and the reality of having spent the past 19 years with this Brevard family who are now my friends.

 

And that, for now, is enough.

Merry Christmas to you, all of you who are also my friends.

Speaking of bacon, Henry came in for breakfast this morning with his sweet mom, Emily, and dad, Adam.  Henry ate every bit of his French Toast and then enjoyed his side of bacon immensely.  He dipped it, bite by bite, into the little ramekin of maple syrup.