Tonight we had Susan plus her three kids, Edith and Jay over to celebrate Jay’s birthday. We grilled up some plain chicken breasts for the kids, and the adults got yummy seared salmon and spinach. This cheesecake is really delicious.

• Smoked Trout Rillettes (Fine Cooking #42, January 2001, p. 44)
• Seared Salmon on Baby Spinach (Bon Appétit, April 1999)
• Crisp Herb-Roasted Fingerlings with Scallions (Food & Wine, April 2004, p. 127)
• Butter Lettuce and Radiccio with Chives, Tomatoes & Lemon Poppyseed Dressing (Fine Cooking #51, July 2002, p. 48)
• Triple-Chocolate Cheesecake (Fine Cooking #57, May 2003, p. 53)

Wine: We served three Pinots from three different producers, all out of the Russian River Valley. They were all delicious.
– 2003 Williams Selyem Pinot Noir (Russian River Valley, California)
– 2005 Sonnet Kruse Vineyard Pinot Noir (York Mountain, California)
– 2002 David Bruce Pinot Noir (Russian River Valley, California)