'urban farmhouse' dinner party

a fun, senseless way to celebrate..... pigs i suppose, they seemed to dominate. which is pretty funny because i was quite into pigs as a teenager, i had a huge collection of them. rather than thinking them disgusting edible creatures, i thought they were quite cute and friendly!

we belong to a small dinner party club that attempts to meet on a regular basis. there are only two rules to it. the host|hostess for that particular evening do everything and it has to be THEMED! guess who thought up that rule (actually i came up with both of them) but if you know me well, you know i am all about adding themes to celebrations! (i am sure i was supposed to be an event planner!)

after Bill's awesome invite he created, i had to come up with a menu. my goal was traditional farm food with a very different flair.


the fun part, decorating! Bill had a great idea of turning a couple of Michael's awesome New York (urban) shots into art with a farm animal touch.

pig in a park.


chickens rushing through Grand Central Station.


retro|farmy table setting.


it turned out more farmy than it did urban... i would've had to buy new dishes and such... it was fun though and bright!


appetizer (fodder) bisquits filled with bacon, tomatoes & cheese. simple and yummy!


i served them in a cardboard fruit crate. here you can also see i did try to dress 'urban farmhouse' style. i admit...i like dressing up too...


here are all of our wonderful guest sitting down to first course. a tomato onion salad along with very hearty cornbread that was cooked in a tin can.


it was lots of fun and a good time for this former High School FFA member. we played a farm trivia game (that everyone complained was too hard). i thought it was fun, hearing all of their crazy wrong answers. we now all know what is shaped like a corkscrew on a pig (other than his tail).

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