Friday, January 01, 2010

Theme Day - CHANGE: Raw Ingredients



This fine bottle of bubbly and meal is in celebration of the new year, a new decade and my wedding anniversary. Plus, it also clearly demonstrates real CHANGE, as in our City Daily Photo Theme for January 1, 2010. Taken from the cookbook Giada's Kitchen - New Italian Favorites, this inventive and entertaining (and gorgeous) chef, Giada De Laurentiis features page after page of the best regional food on earth...Italian! This meal was accompanied by glasses of Perrier-Jouet Grand Brut Champagne, a brilliant combination if I do say so. Starting from fresh raw ingredients, including a half pound of shrimp (yummm!), everything was changed as if by magic into an entree Giada calls Linguine Shrimp and Lemon Oil. The main course and oh-so-delicious salad were made by my very own Head Chef, the exquisite Mrs. Tampa DP in celebration of the new year and 28 years of marriage. Every morsel of this meal, and every drop of champagne, was magnifique!

Click here to view thumbnails for all participants in the City Daily Photo January 1, 2010 Theme Day.




9 comments:

Julie ScottsdaleDailyPhoto.com said...

fabulous image and yummy description of your dinner. sounds truly wonderful. Happy New Year and I wish you many photographic opportunities in 2010.

brattcat said...

May 2010 bring many exquisite meals like this one. Happy anniversary!

slim said...

Great interpretation. I've enjoyed those warm sunsets there in Tampa or are they sunrises?? May you capture and share many more with us in 2010! Happy New Year to you and yours.

Don and Krise said...

Another excellent choice for Theme Day Frank, and Happy Anniversary to you and your lovely wife.

Dave-CostaRicaDailyPhoto.com said...

We also celebrated New Year's eve with champagne and a nice dinner at home, which some friends helped prepare and consume.

Lois said...

Happy New Year and Happy Anniversary to you and Mrs. Tampa DP Frank!

IamMBB said...

I love the Waterford champagne glasses! Lovely composition!

Pixel Peeper said...

Lovely pictures. Happy New Year and happy anniversary!

With photographs like that, you really ought to post instructions on how to get drool out of keyboards...

Toy Camera Play said...

Big Happy Anniversary to you two! What a wonderful meal ... you romantic!