Ubungaza i-cocktail hour? Lokhu okunikezwayo kunikeza isampula lama-canapé, ukudla okuncane, nokudla okulula okufanele leso senzakalo. Konke ukudla okulula kuyabekwa (akunikezwa), futhi lokhu kudla kufika nokulungiselelwa kwangaphambi kwesikhathi, ukufakwa ezitsheni endaweni, nokuhlanza ikhishi okuncane. Iphakheji eyisisekelo iqala ngezinto ezine (4) ezihlukile ze-canapé, futhi ingakhuliswa.

I-Fan Fare spread yami iklanyelwe ukuba kube lula ukuyidla kusukela ekuqaleni komdlalo kuya ekuphetheni, kusukela ekutheni "first pitch" kuya ekutheni "last call". Jabulela uchungechunge lokudla okulungahlukaniselwana okulungiswe ngumpheki, okufana nama-slider, ama-skewer, amaphiko acwebile, ama-finger food, okokudla kwabantu abangadli inyama noma abangadli nhlobo inyama, kanye nama-dip namasosi aqinile enziwe yindawo. Okuhlinzekwa kwami ngosuku lomdlalo kuyazifanela izixuku, kunambitheka kamnandi, futhi kungaqokwa ngokuphelele. Singafaka ama-dessert neziphuzo ukuze siqedele konke... ngoba imidlalo emihle kakhulu ifanelwe ukudla okuhamba phambili.

Lala kude kube semini, zithathele ikhofi, futhi ngivumele ngikulethele i-brunch. Lokhu kuzithokozisa okusezingeni eliphezulu, kwesitayela somndeni kuhlanganisa ukudla kwesizini okususelwa ezimakethe zabalimi base-California, kanye nezinsuku zasekuseni ezinde, ezingenaziphazamiso. Amamenyu angahlanganisa izidlo ezimnandi ezinoshukela nezinongiwe, amakhekhe asanda kwenziwa, amasaladi anemibala egqamile kanye nokudla okuseceleni, izithelo zesizini, amaprotheni, amajusi asanda kwenziwa, kanye nesevisi ephelele yekhofi noma ye-matcha, kanye nokuthile okunoshukela ekugcineni. Inani lihlanganisa ukutholwa kwezithako, ukupheka ekhaya nokuhlela ekuphetheni, kanye nesevisi engenazinkinga kusukela ekuqaleni kuze kube sekuhlanzeni.

Ubungaza iNdebe Yomhlaba? Mina ngizoza nomdanso. Leli dili elisezingeni eliphezulu elinesitayela segceke elingemuva lihlanganisa ukukhetha kwakho kwamaphrotheni agilisiwe (njengesteyikh, inkukhu, amasoseji, noma izidlo eziyinhloko zabantu abangadli inyama), imifino yezinkathi zonyaka egilisiwe, kanye nezidlo ezihambisana nayo ezithandwa abantu abaningi njengamasaladi agqamile noma amazambane agcwele. Amasosi enziwe ekhaya namasosi ashisayo kufakiwe. Amadizethi neziphuzo kuyatholakala njengezinto ezengeziwe—ngoba wonke umdlalo ufanelwe ukuphetha okumnandi. Asidlale.

Ake senze iphathi yesidlo sakusihlwa ekhazimulayo, enomdlandla, engasoze yalibaleka ndawonye! Lokhu okunikezwayo kuhlanganisa imenyu yezinkathi zonyaka eyenziwe ngokwezifiso enezidlo ezine (izidlo ezimbili zokuqala, isidlo esiyinhloko esinamaprotheni, kanye nedizethi), ukudla okulula okumbalwa kwezivakashi zakho lapho zifika, kanye ne-mocktail eyenziwe ngokwezifiso. Inani lihlanganisa konke ukuthengwa kwezithako nokulungiselela, ukupheka nokuhambisa ukudla ekhaya, ukufaka ekudleni ngendlela enhle (ngesitayela somndeni), kanye nokuhlanza ikhishi okuncane. Amapuleti omuntu ngamunye/okudla okusezingeni eliphezulu anikezwa ngezindleko ezinezelwe. Ngingakunika izitsha zokudla, noma ungasebenzisa ezakho!

Akukho okungijabulisa njengokulungiselela izidlo zezikhathi ezibaluleke kakhulu. Ngingathanda ukukwenzela imenyu enezinhlobonhlobo zezinhlobo zokudla. Lokhu okunikezwayo kuhlanganisa izidlo ezine (isidlo sokuqala, isidlo sesibili, isidlo sesithathu, kanye ne-dessert), konke ukuthengwa kwezithako nokulungiselela; ukupheka ekhaya, ukufaka ezitsheni, nesevisi ephelele; kanye namamenyu aphrintiwe. Ngiyahlanza njengoba ngihamba, futhi ngeke ngiphazamise njengoba wena ujabulela ubusuku obungasoze balibaleka!