Less successful were the crostini, three toasts with different toppings that all tasted a bit alike: sweet from balsamic vinegar.
Yet some of the small plates, like a beet salad with caramelized onions and three toasted baguettes slathered with goat cheese, all on a bed of mixed greens, are successful.
These came with squiggles of red pepper rémoulade and two toast rounds topped with roasted red peppers.
One toast declared of the continent, "May her liberty be as permanently established as her Andes and as pure as the snow on their summit".
If there were only one toast at the reception, that honor goes to the wedding host or possibly the best man if the host defers.
When fully cooked, the pale cream is poured at last into cut-crystal glasses, and the two toast in Townsend's honor before indulging with wooden spoons.
A house-made pâté — a generous slab of well-married duck, pork, veal and chicken with a sprinkling of pistachio nuts — worked really well with cornichons, a hard-boiled egg, fresh greens, port wine jelly and two toast slices.
It works with the classic two toast machine ( Moulinex and similar brands).
Place two toasted muffin halves on each plate.
The four toasted to the future and to a great night.
