Annual Cohort Holiday Dinner #4

Well, it's that time of year again. Time to throw an end-of-semester-holiday dinner party for the members of my "cohort" (there's 8 of us, plus dates). Basically, I make a gallon of boozy eggnog, fret over selecting three coordinating dishes, clean and decorate the apartment like a madwoman, and then enjoy the company and benefits of my insanity. It's quite nice.

The only photo I took of the food all night, hahahaha.
This year, the dishes were:

• Mushroom Bourguignon from SmittenKitchen
• Dijon-braised Brussel Sprouts (omg) also from SmittenKitchen.
• Twice-baked Sweet Potatoes made by J
• Drunken Molasses Cookies with Ginger from TheKitchn
• Peppermint Cream-filled Butter Cookies (aka "Bastard Cookies", I hate them so) also from TheKitchn
• Libby's Pumpkin Pie, that we never got to, from the pumpkin can
• Everyone's Favorite Eggnog from BYOV

The main course dishes were all doubled. You don't know what fun is, until you buy ~20 portobello mushrooms and sear them in ~8 batches. Write-ups for the new dishes will be forthcoming.

Faces are blurred to protect the innocent ;)
You can find documentation of the first dinner party, the second dinner party, and the third annual dinner party distributed throughout the blog. I've gotten better at documentation over the years.

Need.Moar.Eggnog. I used 18 eggs this year, and 3-4 pints of cream.