It’s being held at an undisclosed location in Atlanta on August 14th. They’ve held similar events in Paris so it must be cool.
Video of ‘Dinner en Blanc’ in Paris: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v
The premise is that 1,000 people come together to dine. One person volunteers as the “head” of their table and organizes the others. This means figuring out every aspect of who brings what – from the table to the silverware to the dishes.
Of couse I volunteered dessert. 🙂
I know I want to pair it with a Spanish sherry, and that almond pairs exceptionally well with sherry. I also know I want to try a “next time I need something impressive to share” recipe I’ve saved (please tell me other people do this too… I have 132 saved on Delicious – and that’s just desserts). That’s as far as I’ve gotten.
Now I need your help. I’ve narrowed it down to 4 recipes. Which one would you bring? Or would you bring something entirely different?
In the running so far are my (TBD) versions of the following:
Sweet Cherry-Brown Butter Bars
Source: The Baker Chick
Raspberry Lemon Amaretti Cake
Source: What's For Lunch, Honey?
Creamy Peach Tart with Smokey Almond Crust
(note: this would become probably a cherry tart)
Source: Food & Wine
Chocolate Lavender Brownies with Lavender Ganache
(I realize this has nothing to do with almonds but don’t they sound fantastic?!)
Source: Sweet Life
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Maybe I should test all 4… this is my kind of dilemma! 🙂
Have you ever heard of an event like this before?
What would you bring to share at Feast Noir?
I would totally dig into that last one 😉
I think the best way to solve this problem is to send me a sample of each and we can discuss how fab each really are!
Gah, can’t decide! I absolutely adore lavender in desserts, but I’m also obsessed with lemon desserts and amaretti!
What an amazing idea!!!
They all look amazing and i admit i’ve never tried lavender in a recipe
The peach tart looks to die for 🙂
I’ve never been to an event like that, but it sounds cool. I’d go for the peach dessert, but let’s face it, most all desserts are winners to me!
Wow! That sounds like SUCH a good idea! (Leave it to the Parisians to base an entire event around excellent food and convo.) I trust you’ll be posting pics of your adventure. 🙂 Personally, I’d go with the cherry bars stuff. It’s gorgeous and I think it’d go terrifically with sherry. But whatever you decide, we want reviews! 🙂
Everything looks good but the peach one looks the best to me.
That is going to be an awesome dinner. I always prefer creamy and light desserts, so my vote is for the creamy peach tart.
Wow, each one sounds and looks as good if not better than the one before it.
Drool! 🙂 I need to stop blog reading, it is making me so hungry!
Whitney
I love making decisions like this but it really stresses me out at the same time! haha
Peaches are so tasty and in season right now so I would probably go with that one… or the raspberry cake… or the brownies!? I see your dilemma here 🙂
Fruit desserts always come out looking so gorgeous, I can’t wait to hear what you decide!
Oh, what an assortment to choose from – quel beau dilemme! They all look scrumptious but I’m a sucker for chocolate and, combined with lavender? Are you kidding me?!! 🙂
Brownies look TDF. But so does the peach cake.. Talk about a dilema!
Test both, 😉 or make mini versions of each recipe! Variety 🙂
I’ve never heard of anything like,but SO cool! I think I’d go with the cherry bars or the peach tart, though testing them all certainly would be fun and delicious 🙂
Fun!! I wouldn’t be able to choose which dessert. There are so, so many I love to eat and make…there’s no choosing just one!
ohhhhh.. I can’t wait to hear about his party. sounds soooooo beyond fun! i think my desserts would not be fancy enough, but I know you’ll have more than enough to choose from. Happy Summer!!
Fancy doesn’t matter! It’s all about the taste and I think your desserts are SCRUMPTIOUS! 🙂
Chocolate lavender brownies… brownies are classic enough that everyone likes them AND you made them “foodie-ish” with the lavender aspect. Perfect!
Wow – that sounds awesome! I vote for the 1st one! xoxo from Trinidad
I absolutely love amaretti cookies so…I would go with the Raspberry Lemon Amaretti Cake!! This sounds like such a fun thing!!! I wish I could go : ( Let me know how it goes!! Miss you : )
They all sound really good, but the peach tart sounds like a really intriguing mix of flavors and textures!
Hope you have fun!
This event sounds AWESOME! I’d bring the tart (I’m totally biased though… I LOVE tarts … so much that I’m making myself a tart for my birthday! LOL)
Wow, what a cool event!! I hope you post about it!
I would bring the Sweet Cherry-Brown Butter Bars because I LOVE cherries 🙂
Those brownies look so good!!! Actually, they all look good! You should taste test them all 🙂