Christmas (food highlights)

Joel and I decided to make a Buche de Noel (Yule Log) cake this year. Components:
Log

and Mushrooms

together:

The log is a rolled cake with a yummy chocolate ganache frosting and the mushrooms are merengues sprinkled with cocoa powder. :-)

I forgot to take pictures of the rest of the food (too busy eating it). But we had lamb racks , rolls, appetizers, cheese board, un risotto di due funghi, devilled eggs, grilled asparagus, and the cake. Our guests brought scalloped potatoes, a yummy tomato cheese pie, and a berry crisp. Yum Yum. We had many leftovers (pictured below), and even more food from ingredients we bought that we didn't have time to make into something.

Leftovers:

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