{"id":552,"date":"2020-01-25T09:28:43","date_gmt":"2020-01-25T08:28:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.electricdawn.com\/wordpress\/?p=552"},"modified":"2020-01-29T16:21:58","modified_gmt":"2020-01-29T15:21:58","slug":"christmas-eve-dinner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.electricdawn.com\/wordpress\/?p=552","title":{"rendered":"Christmas Eve Dinner"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Christmas Eve <em>chez Chris&nbsp;<\/em>is a at this point a tradition of my clan. As the host I have to make things comfortable and unexpected at the same time. So, as far as the men\u00f9 goes, I try to strike a balance between classics and new entries. This is what I served this year:<\/p>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-1 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"http:\/\/www.electricdawn.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/6B28E4F9-DCA5-4DE5-9307-863EE66297D3_1_201_a-1024x768.jpeg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"555\" data-full-url=\"http:\/\/www.electricdawn.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/6B28E4F9-DCA5-4DE5-9307-863EE66297D3_1_201_a-scaled.jpeg\" data-link=\"http:\/\/www.electricdawn.com\/wordpress\/?attachment_id=555\" class=\"wp-image-555\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.electricdawn.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/6B28E4F9-DCA5-4DE5-9307-863EE66297D3_1_201_a-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.electricdawn.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/6B28E4F9-DCA5-4DE5-9307-863EE66297D3_1_201_a-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.electricdawn.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/6B28E4F9-DCA5-4DE5-9307-863EE66297D3_1_201_a-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.electricdawn.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/6B28E4F9-DCA5-4DE5-9307-863EE66297D3_1_201_a-1536x1152.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/www.electricdawn.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/6B28E4F9-DCA5-4DE5-9307-863EE66297D3_1_201_a-2048x1536.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">Appetizers: spicy olives, soft bread with Caprino cheese and Sichuan\/Cubeb pepper, Parmigiano, Salame bites and tortillas<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"http:\/\/www.electricdawn.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/29F11E47-FB29-4D95-95EA-35C43AE0A37A-1024x768.jpeg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"556\" data-full-url=\"http:\/\/www.electricdawn.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/29F11E47-FB29-4D95-95EA-35C43AE0A37A-scaled.jpeg\" data-link=\"http:\/\/www.electricdawn.com\/wordpress\/?attachment_id=556\" class=\"wp-image-556\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.electricdawn.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/29F11E47-FB29-4D95-95EA-35C43AE0A37A-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.electricdawn.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/29F11E47-FB29-4D95-95EA-35C43AE0A37A-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.electricdawn.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/29F11E47-FB29-4D95-95EA-35C43AE0A37A-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.electricdawn.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/29F11E47-FB29-4D95-95EA-35C43AE0A37A-1536x1152.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/www.electricdawn.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/29F11E47-FB29-4D95-95EA-35C43AE0A37A-2048x1536.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">Cocktails: fair selection including Margarita, Negroni (shown here) and Vodka Martini<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"http:\/\/www.electricdawn.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/8D80E7F4-DD4C-41DE-B1B0-A854B0447B5B-1024x768.jpeg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"557\" data-full-url=\"http:\/\/www.electricdawn.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/8D80E7F4-DD4C-41DE-B1B0-A854B0447B5B-scaled.jpeg\" data-link=\"http:\/\/www.electricdawn.com\/wordpress\/?attachment_id=557\" class=\"wp-image-557\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.electricdawn.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/8D80E7F4-DD4C-41DE-B1B0-A854B0447B5B-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.electricdawn.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/8D80E7F4-DD4C-41DE-B1B0-A854B0447B5B-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.electricdawn.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/8D80E7F4-DD4C-41DE-B1B0-A854B0447B5B-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.electricdawn.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/8D80E7F4-DD4C-41DE-B1B0-A854B0447B5B-1536x1152.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/www.electricdawn.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/8D80E7F4-DD4C-41DE-B1B0-A854B0447B5B-2048x1536.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">Rigatoni with Pesto and Bacon<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"http:\/\/www.electricdawn.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/01F880CE-968A-4F2D-89D3-3DD6EBA2AF22-1024x768.jpeg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"558\" data-full-url=\"http:\/\/www.electricdawn.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/01F880CE-968A-4F2D-89D3-3DD6EBA2AF22-scaled.jpeg\" data-link=\"http:\/\/www.electricdawn.com\/wordpress\/?attachment_id=558\" class=\"wp-image-558\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.electricdawn.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/01F880CE-968A-4F2D-89D3-3DD6EBA2AF22-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.electricdawn.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/01F880CE-968A-4F2D-89D3-3DD6EBA2AF22-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.electricdawn.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/01F880CE-968A-4F2D-89D3-3DD6EBA2AF22-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.electricdawn.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/01F880CE-968A-4F2D-89D3-3DD6EBA2AF22-1536x1152.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/www.electricdawn.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/01F880CE-968A-4F2D-89D3-3DD6EBA2AF22-2048x1536.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">Marinated barbecued Ribs Texas style with fresh tomato salad<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-2 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"http:\/\/www.electricdawn.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/32643C19-CE04-470A-A224-4ECC4E5614E8-1024x768.jpeg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"554\" data-full-url=\"http:\/\/www.electricdawn.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/32643C19-CE04-470A-A224-4ECC4E5614E8-scaled.jpeg\" data-link=\"http:\/\/www.electricdawn.com\/wordpress\/?attachment_id=554\" class=\"wp-image-554\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.electricdawn.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/32643C19-CE04-470A-A224-4ECC4E5614E8-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.electricdawn.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/32643C19-CE04-470A-A224-4ECC4E5614E8-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.electricdawn.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/32643C19-CE04-470A-A224-4ECC4E5614E8-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.electricdawn.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/32643C19-CE04-470A-A224-4ECC4E5614E8-1536x1152.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/www.electricdawn.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/32643C19-CE04-470A-A224-4ECC4E5614E8-2048x1536.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"http:\/\/www.electricdawn.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/86812766-59F0-430F-9876-7B2833D3D0C1-1024x768.jpeg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"553\" data-full-url=\"http:\/\/www.electricdawn.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/86812766-59F0-430F-9876-7B2833D3D0C1-scaled.jpeg\" data-link=\"http:\/\/www.electricdawn.com\/wordpress\/?attachment_id=553\" class=\"wp-image-553\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.electricdawn.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/86812766-59F0-430F-9876-7B2833D3D0C1-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.electricdawn.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/86812766-59F0-430F-9876-7B2833D3D0C1-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.electricdawn.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/86812766-59F0-430F-9876-7B2833D3D0C1-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.electricdawn.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/86812766-59F0-430F-9876-7B2833D3D0C1-1536x1152.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/www.electricdawn.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/86812766-59F0-430F-9876-7B2833D3D0C1-2048x1536.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-caption\">As for dessert I made a Peanut Butter cheesecake but I don&#8217;t actually have pictures of the finished product.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Sauces and marinades I made myself. I made pesto last summer with fresh basil from my vegetable garden then froze it. The Barbecue Sauce recipe I got from my friend Albano (I tweaked it here and there but it&#8217;s basically his).\u00a0<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Christmas Eve chez Chris&nbsp;is a at this point a tradition of my clan. As the host I have to make things comfortable and unexpected at the same time. So, as far as the men\u00f9 goes, I try to strike a balance between classics and new entries. This is what I served this year: Sauces and &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.electricdawn.com\/wordpress\/?p=552\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Christmas Eve Dinner&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[37,38],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.electricdawn.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/552"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.electricdawn.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.electricdawn.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.electricdawn.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.electricdawn.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=552"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.electricdawn.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/552\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":563,"href":"https:\/\/www.electricdawn.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/552\/revisions\/563"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.electricdawn.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=552"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.electricdawn.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=552"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.electricdawn.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=552"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}