preheat to 425°, then wait¹
fold, then fold again, then again
whisk violently
2 tbsp butter — no, 3
the roux is a ruse
chop. chop.
guests optional
add wine (any)
MISE EN ABYME
reduce until it forgets itself
salt to taste²
simmer simmer
do not open the pantry
flambé*
serves 5½
this menu has no exit⁴
the dinner is not the point
RSVP to no one
¹ this bowl was not in the recipe yesterday
peel everything. save the peels.
stir³
² see appendix C: forks
³ ⁴ * citations missing
butter butter butter

the ledger_

Dinner parties, past & pending.

A running record of every dinner that did not need to happen, and the one that is about to not need to happen next.

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¹ the menu will appear here once it is caught

upcoming dinner no. 007

Dinner no. 007, which does not exist yet.²

² it will. the house is still measuring.³

Information about the next dinner is coming soon. A theme has been chosen and immediately misplaced; every attempt to write it down comes back a quarter‑inch longer on the inside than the outside. When the hallway between the kitchen and the dining room stops growing, a date will be posted here.

when

soon⁴

where

Brookland, DC — assuming the dining room is where we left it

price

unknowable to be determined

seats

16, as always, presumably

reservations will open once the dinner admits to existing. check back, or knock.

³ see appendix F: hallways. there is no appendix F.

⁴ soon.

previously, unnecessarily