Crawfish Boil at the couple's wedding shower

The ubiqitous shower (both wedding and baby) is changing. In the past few years I've cooked for more and more couples showers. These showers usually move to the evening rather than afternoon, and the boyfriends, husbands, fathers, brothers and other males are invited to these formerly all female occaisions. The typical shower menu of chicken salad, tea sandwiches, and petit four are also becoming more male-friendly. One recent hostess chose a crawfish boil although she wasn't a big fan of crawfish. We added lots more shrimp, although crawfish were definitely present.

I purloined (can purloined be a verb?) anyway, I took some leftovers to use for breakfast the next day, which I made while watching the Sunday political shows. I cut the corn from the cobs, and sauteed everything in some butter, deglazed the pan with some Marsala wine and poured it all over grits. Just incredible.

Rainbow Trout with Pancetta, Rosemary, and Fingerling potatoes

This is such an easy preparation for trout and has so much flavor from the pancetta and Rosemary. I dredged the fillets in panko for a bit of crunch to the bite, sauteed them in olive oil, topped it with a slice of pancetta and some Rosemary leaves and ran it under the broiler to slightly curl the pancetta. Pancetta is a non-smoked Italian bacon with a whimsical round form.
Squeezing fresh lemon juice over the dish brightens all the flavors.

I blanched the Fingerlings and then sauteed them with a bit of garlic, Rosemary and lemon juice.