Gather for an engaging combo of music and delectable dishes inspired by the Crescent City, from a flavorful take on traditional Eggs Sardou and crispy eggplant served with a rémoulade sauce to miniature lemon cakes topped with edible pearls.
Syncopating Style
Wedgwood’s Renaissance Gold salad plate provides a classic counterpoint to the modern geometric dinner dish. Play up the pattern’s blue tones with a dessert plate edged in stylized gilding. An elegant charger, sleek silverware, and fleur-de-lis glassware complete the sophisticated setup.
Brighten spirits further with candlelight and lush arrangements of roses, lilies, peonies, and ranunculus interspersed with dusty miller, eucalyptus, and hypericum berries. A live jazz trio in the background sets an upbeat ambience fit for the affair.
Taste and Tunes
In a menu accentuating New Orleans’ easy hospitality, pass a tray of oven-fried eggplant alongside a garlicky Rémoulade Sauce, and treat guests to citrusy Bloody Marys. The main course features a seafood twist on classic Eggs Sardou accompanied by cinnamon-spiced baked apples and carrots.
Tantalizing End Note
A finale of luscious individual lemon cakes will elicit smiles all around as guests enjoy the day’s soulful sounds.
Find the full “All That Jazz” feature in our January/February 2022 issue.
Styling by Dorothy Walton
Recipe Development by Laura Crandall
Food Styling by Vanessa Rocchio
Photography by Mac Jamieson
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