Dinner at DebS is bringing back a School Woods favorite:

Summer Small Plates Buffets

Buffet spreads of small dishes – more than snacks, easily a light dinner, featuring seasonal ingredients. There’ll be hot, cold, and crunchy choices, with plenty for both vegetarians and carnivores. And always something sweet.

Strictly B.Y.O.B – We’ll provide the mixers for a cocktail designed to complement the evening’s foods, and make wine suggestions.

Kids welcome!

Served 5:30 – 7:30 on Fridays. The first Buffet will be Friday July 25th – and we’ll try to fit in one or two more in August.

Menu for Buffet #1:

Corn salad – fresh corn sliced off the cob, and tossed with summery ingredients

Tartines – a selection of open face sandwiches: Topped with zucchini “butter” (grated zucchini cooked down gently in olive oil until it’s a delicious spread); honey goat cheese; tomatoes; salami, pickled peppers …

Vegetable platter with hummus and a few pita triangles

Brownies & Blondies & Butterscotch brownies

Platter of summer fruits – berries, melon, whatever’s at its best

Suggested beverages: Aperol or sparkling wine spritzers – you bring the wine, we’ll have ice, glasses, club soda, oranges and lemons, and fruit syrups

If you’d like to come for the buffet, please sign up using this form (also under Contact Us, above). The deadline to sign up online is Wednesday July 23 at 5:00 PM. If you miss the deadline or have any other questions, please contact your host, Deb at 608-712-6368, or ds83473@gmail.com

Cancelled due to low enrollment
Please check back soon – we’ll try again later in the summer!

Sunday June 22nd, 6:30 PM

Please join us at Dinner at DebS for a midsummer-themed dinner. Arrive at 6:30 for drinks and socializing, and we’ll sit down for a three-course meal when all the guests have arrived.

To begin: Baked ricotta with peas & peashoots – creamy ricotta is baked with breadcrumbs and served topped with fresh peas and peashoots

Main course & salad: Your choice of glazed salmon fillet or pork chop
Roasted new potatoes
Home made baguettes & local butter
Big green salad salad with creamy herb dressing

Dessert: Rhubarb crumble with homemade strawberry ice cream

Still and sparkling water and iced tea will be served with the meal. If you’d like to drink something stronger, please bring it yourself. Use the menu to make your own wine or beer pairings – and, we’d be happy to make suggestions.

If you’d like to come for dinner, please sign up using this form (also under Contact Us, above). The deadline to sign up online is Friday June 20th at 5:00 PM. If you miss the deadline or have any other questions, please contact your host, Deb at 608-712-6368, or ds83473@gmail.com

Lovingly prepared by Deb

Sunday, May 11, 2014 from 4:00 – 6:30 PM

Brunch, schmunch.

This year, treat Mom – and yourself – to High Tea. A luxurious, late afternoon repast, featuring cakes & other baked goods, small sandwiches, and tea.

Bring your own alcoholic beverages if you wish – a little Prosecco would be non-traditional, but never the less, very nice, with this menu.

• Date scones with jam and mascarpone cream
• Tea Sandwiches: Cucumber watercress & radish with Dill butter; curried chicken; olive walnut; banana bread with honey cream cheese
• Victoria Sponge – light yellow cake with strawberry jam and whipped cream
• Warm artichoke, asparagus & goat cheese dip with crackers and crudités
• A few cookies or tiny tarts or other surprises (that are likely to be chocolate in nature)
• Strawberries and fresh pineapple
• And of course TEA – herbal and caffeinated, hot or iced, with milk and sugar – or not

Please sign up using this form (also under the “Contact Us” tab above). The deadline to sign up online is Friday May 9th. If you miss the deadline or have any questions, please contact your host, Deb at 607-712-6368 or ds83473@gmail.com.

I’m Sooo Sick of Winter Indoor Barbecue
Saturday March 29th

Starting at 6:oo PM

Remind your palate of the tastes of summer – join us for an indoor picnic at DebS! We’ll enjoy:

• Pulled pork(or chicken)  BBQ
• Barbecue tofu with peppers and onions
• Rosemary focaccia
• Oven-roasted French fries
• Veggies and dip and chips
• Hummus & pita
• Macaroni salad
• S’mores bars

And other UN-announced treats. Non-alcoholic beverages provided; please bring your own alcohol.

Please use this form to sign up (also under the Contact Us menu). The deadline to sign up online is 5:00 p.m. Thursday March 27th. If you miss the deadline, or if you have any questions, please call or email your host, Deb, at 608-712-6368, ds83473@gmail.com.

In addition to banishing winter from  our collective psyche, March 29th is the date of the 327 Words 57 Varieties Time Trial.  [We have just been informed that the race has been pushed back to 4/5 – but we’ll still celebrate in advance on 3/29]. Along with our absent friends [in spirit]  tearing around Seattle on two wheels that same evening, we’ll join in celebration of “bikes, beer, numerous options, hometown favorites, past successes, future possibilities, and another opportunity for two-wheeled mayhem” – and the enjoyment of ketchup.

In honor of Valentine’s day, join us for a cozy Sunday dinner with your special someone(s). Three courses, with vegetarian and seafood options. Arrive at 6:00 p.m. for drinks, a few nibbles, and general socializing, and sit down for the first course when everyone has arrived.

Please use this form to sign up (also under the Contact Us menu). Please sign up by 5:00 p.m. Friday, February 14. You should receive a confirmation email within 24 hours – if you do not, or if you have any questions, please call or email your host, Deb, at 608-712-6368, ds83473@gmail.com.

Menu:

• To begin: A composed salad, with assorted roasted winter vegetables:  carrots, parsnips, beets, celery root, arranged around a pile of spicey greens, with a mustard-y vinaigrette
  • Mains: Choice of seafood or spinach and cheese crêpes, served with:
    • A barley & rice pilaf with broccoli
    • Basket of homemade rolls; wheat knots with walnuts & raisons; sour cream-herb – served with fresh local butter
• Dessert: Linzer tart with whipped cream. Home made chocolate truffles in the side.