To celebrate the new year,we had our Good Friends Skipper and Kelly over.  It was to be a fancy affair,and we came up with a menu to match.  Beth and I cooked the food while Skipper came up with drinks to match.  Here is the menu:

Pre-dinner drink:Manhattan cocktail

Fresh-baked rolls with four kinds of homemade butter (tangerine butter,honey butter,rosemary butter,and caramel butter)

Appetizer:Potato Pancakes with pomegranate-apple sauce,and sour cream(drink:mint-ginger caipirinhas)

Palate Cleanser:Fried potato slice with fried ginger and carrots

Soup:Creamy leek soup with polenta and heavy cream

(drink:watermelon-ginger agua fresco)

Main Course:Duck breast with Pomegranate AWESOME SAUCE,roasted root veggies,and roasted garlic potato Ravioli with rosemary cream sauce.

(drink:classic champagne cocktail)

Second Palate Cleanser:Tangerine granita with gingered mint leaf

Desert:Salted Caramel Panna Cotta

(drink:Mexican coffee)

Delicious!  Here are some pictures from the evening.  The fried ginger and carrot on the potato chip ties for tastiest menu item,along with when the cream sauce and awesome sauce mingled on the plate,and we dipped our fresh baked bread in it.  Yum!