{"id":776,"date":"2014-01-16T19:51:16","date_gmt":"2014-01-16T19:51:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/galleychef.org\/?p=776"},"modified":"2019-10-09T20:05:21","modified_gmt":"2019-10-09T20:05:21","slug":"birthday-celebrations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/galleychef.org\/index.php\/birthday-celebrations\/","title":{"rendered":"BIRTHDAY CELEBRATIONS"},"content":{"rendered":"

A loved ones birthday is always a special day. Have you ever thought about what makes birthdays so special? \u00a0When you think about it, they\u2019re a great opportunity for friends and family to get together and celebrate the birth of those people who are near and dear to our hearts.\u00a0 Add to that, a great meal to share with each other and you have a worthwhile gathering. Growing up, my Mother would ask me and my sisters every year what we wanted for our birthday dinner.\u00a0 We would always request something that we relished, like lobster or steak.\u00a0 Year after year she made us feel overwhelmingly special on our birthdays by carrying out this practice.<\/p>\n

This week a good friend\u00a0had a birthday.\u00a0 Keeping with the tradition, I asked her what her favorite meal is.\u00a0 \u201cSteak\u201d was her enthusiastic reply.\u00a0 That is how this birthday meal began.\u00a0 One by one, menu items were added to complete the perfect meal designed just for her.<\/p>\n

\"Dom-Perignon\"<\/p>\n

We got the party started with a bottle of 2003 Dom Perignon and a birthday toast.\u00a0 For dinner, we started with the classic steak-house wedge salad with blue cheese dressing and crumbled bacon.\u00a0 Filet Mignon was the main attraction.\u00a0 It was wrapped in bacon and cooked to a medium-rare temperature then topped with a gremolata (garlic, parsley and lemon) compound butter.<\/p>\n