Dinner for my wife's birthday, mostly ripped off from Lidia's Restaurant here in KC

Breadsticks with herbed cannelini bean dip and kalamata tapenade
CS Microwave Squash Confit Salad-- wow this is good!

Beef in Barolo, polenta (not pictured)
ATK Chocolate Espresso Dacquoise (by request, and not my best work)