Look Who's Wearing: The Housewarming

What's the best thing about decorating or moving into a new place? Housewarming!

I love throwing parties and being hostess. If it were a well paying job, I'd be doing that.

So we invited some friends over for a chat, some good booze and amazing cheese, if I do say so myself. No, seriously. Good. Cheese.

Besides, I was really excited about using our new slate cheeseboard. So, up for dinner we had toasted baguette and focaccia with an Italian olive oil dip, four basic types of cheese, that go well with wine, with accompaniments, a green salad, mini bruschetta and guacamole toast, caprese on skewers, ravioli tossed in pesto and a vegetarian version of that. Our lovely friends brought over Beef and Vegetarian Biryani and some gorgeous Tiramisu. We finished the night with great conversation and a game of Jenga. Thanks for coming guys!

{Cheese Platter}

The star for the night, at least for me, was the blue cheese paired with the grapes. The spiced holland cheese was quite popular too. Pairings for the Brie and Gruyere were Salami, sundried tomatoes and toasted baguette and focaccia as well. With cheese, it's important to take the cheese and lay it out at least 15 minutes before your guests arrive. Cheese should be served at room temperature as it takes a little while before it becomes soft. This allows all the lovely flavors through and lovely cheese tasting experience.

{The Prepped Up Bar}

For the teetotalers we had lemon iced tea, a different offering than the regular sodas and juices. To pair with the cheese, we kept a bottle of Merlot since it's a wine that goes well with almost all kinds of cheese and a Pinot Grigio for the white lovers. Although, The Passi enjoys fixing drinks, we took a shortcut and picked up a few bottles of the readymade Margarita, Long Island Ice Tea and White Russian. You serve up good tasting drinks, don't waste time running about but actually conversing with your guests and getting people tipsy much quicker.