The Shopping Continues

I don't do a lot of shopping for Christmas.  I buy a few gifts for family members - sister, niece, nephew, grandson, probably less than 10 total, so not much shopping.  My husband and I do not buy gifts for each other, we stopped doing that several years ago.

I do get gifts for my clients, they are different each year and I usually make some kind of food item with a Christmas plate or ornament.  I bought what I needed yesterday at the open house at Sugar Art International. I don't want to mention what the gift will be in case any of my customers are reading, it would ruin the surprise.  I also decided that I need to take a fondant class in the future, hopefully next year.  The demo was amazing and the cakes, cookies and cupcakes beautiful.  

We also met a group of friends for lunch yesterday at a Greek restaurant called Cafe Agora.  Very good food.  It's a small place and I wanted lots of the items on the menu.  I settled for a lamb gyro with a side of Turkish tabbouleh and baba ganoush.  We also shared many of the desserts at the table and all were good.  I of course don't know what they were except for baklava but in addition to the baked goods they have custard of some kind and rice pudding.  It is located at  262 E Paces Ferry Rd NE, Atlanta, GA 30305.  A nice casual, good food spot. 

Today we had our usual routine of church and the farmer's market.  I do have a menu plan but won't be here much this week.  Tomorrow is our personal chef Christmas party which is being held at Brio.  I've never been there, so will let you know.  I'm making a Cooking Light recipe for gnocchi tonight that looks good.  I baked some cookies today and they don't look bad.  They are cooling and I have to put some chocolate on them, but look for the recipe if they're good.  The are almond horns. 

I started getting organized today for the party I am doing Thursday night.  This will be the sixth year that I'm doing the client Christmas party for The Beacon of Hope.  With the help of my friends Kevin and Carol and Kevin's son Garrett, we will make and serve food for about 80.  It's always a surprise with the number of guests.  It works out every year though.  On the menu I have shrimp, meatballs, vegetable chili, some kind of chicken, cheese and crackers, veggie trays and dessert that will be donated by my Publix.  I'll be shopping and planning on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. 

That's it for now.  Going to check on my cookies and dip them in chocolate.  And of course there's laundry to fold!