Mike and Steve cooking a neighbor dinner.
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Neighbor DinnersA while ago our neighbor Mike noticed that on Mondays all the guys were home on Mondays and we should get together and cook dinner for the women. Our first one was in January of 2001. We have held them every 6 weeks or so ever since. Here are the dates and menus of our dinners:
| Date | # | House | Menu |
| January 8, 2001 | 1 | Mike and Paula | Asian (beef with ginger, garlic, and lemon grass). |
| February 25, 2001 | 2 | Steve and Gina | Italian. |
| April 16, 2001 | 3 | Tom and Marie | Swordfish. |
| May 21, 2001 | 4 | Mike and Paula | Mexican (home made tortillas). |
| July 9, 2001 | 5 | Steve and Gina | Pick nick. |
| August 24, 2001 | Le Gourmand | French. | |
| November 11, 2001 | 6 | Tom and Marie | Mexican (flank steak, home made tortillas). |
| December 17, 2001 | 7 | Mike and Paula | Indian (herb encrusted lamb, etc.). |
| January x, 2002 | 8 | Steve and Gina | Rustic french. Women cooked. |
| March 25, 2002 | 9 | Tom and Marie | Irish (pepper steak, herb salad, steamed beans). |
| May 20, 2002 | 10 | Mike and Paula | Greek (salad, bread, fish in grape leaves, lamb slovakia, roasted vegetables. walnut cake |
| June 9, 2002 | 11 | Steve and Gina | Chinese. |
| August 19, 2002 | 12 | Tom and Marie | Chicken breast stuffed with prochuto and Parkersburg cheese, crusted with pistachios. |
| December 9, 2002 | 13 | Mike and Paula | Caramelized apple dessert |
| February 24, 2003 | 14 | Steve and Gina | Middle Eastern/Greek (humus, olive salad, pita bread, vegetables, lentil soup, meat pie, apple dessert. |
| May 5th, 2003 | 15 | Tom and Marie (new house) | Recipes from Cools Illustrated: Seared tuna, herb fococia, wilted spinach salad, rice pilaf, chocolate moose cake. |
In the mid 90's, when cocktails were regaining popularity, I though I would try making some Whiskey Sours, which I remembered my Grandfather serving during summer family get-together's. The adults would sit on the large porch in the heat of Michigan summer, look over the Detroit River and drink Whiskey Sours. I never was offered any until one of the last get-together's.
So I went out and bought some Whiskey. When I opened the bottle the smell transported me back to those days on the porch. I remember this," I thought. This is hereditary.
Here's what I've learned about Whiskey.
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