This year Christmas Eve dinner is going to be slightly atipical since we broke the tradition to spend it with parents (mine or my wife’s) and we’ll be just the 3 of us: me, my wife and my daughter.I’ve spent the whole morning buying food (fish at the market, champagne at the winery, this and that at the supermarket, etc. etc.) while the afternoon was for the cooking (and for parentally control my 3 years daughter who’s at home from school).This is going to be our menu (photos will follow):Antipasti

• USA Lobster with onions and tomatoes (I don’t know the English term for Lobster “alla Catalana” and wasn’t able to find it on wikipedia; any help?)
• Vol-au-vents with shrimps and cocktail sauce or with Russian Salad
• Smoked salmon with roasted bread and butter
• Roasted vegetables with olive oil

First course

• Spaghetti alla chitarra with shrimps, fresh tomatoes and artichokes

Dessert

• Hand-made Panettone

Wine

• Brut 2002 Blanc de Blancs, Champagne, Palmer & Co

Merry Christmas to all of you!