Jaden, the guest of honor, shows off some caviar
A good party has to have a few essentials: Great food, fabulous drinks, a good mix of guests and some form of entertainment. And I do believe that nobody knows this better than Diane and Todd, who are getting as well-known for their magnificent parties as they are for their much-beloved blog, White on Rice Couple.
A beautiful evening on the patio in downtown LA
Case in point: The celebratory party for Jaden Hair and her new cookbook, The Steamy Kitchen Cookbook. The party started off on the gorgeous patio of Diane and Todd’s downtown loft, and featured Pama Liqueur cocktails that were mixed up by Jaden herself. It was the perfect way to unwind from the day, mingle with the guests (who were mostly food journalists) and get to know each other a little bit. The hosts served up Jaden’s chicken eggrolls by the dozen along with everybody’s party favorite, blinis with caviar and crème fraiche.
Once inside the loft, we were treated to a sake tasting by expert sake expert from Vine Connections. Each of the five cold sakes had its own unique flavor and texture and story; it was both educational and entertaining (and delicious!). I drink cold sake with sushi all the time, but admittedly don’t know much about how it's made or how the process differs from sake to sake. Diane and Todd made an impressive array of food from Jaden’s cookbook, including noodle salad with Asian pesto, coconut shrimp, fried rice with lovely, fatty Chinese sausage (what's not to love?) and sweet and savory lychee meatballs. All of the food paired nicely with the sakes.
The sake expert
Later Jaden oversaw a raffle for prizes ranging from her cookbook to a $100 gift certificate from Chefs Catalog. To my absolute surprise, I won the gift certificate?!?! I never, ever win anything (OK, I did win a stuffed dog at a kid’s bingo game about 30 years go). The party, meeting Jaden (and her adorable father) and hanging out with Diane, Todd and other food peeps like Eddie (who also has a very cool new book out), Betty, Rene, Matt and Brook would have been enough as it was so much fun and truly a great evening altogether.
Todd and Diane with their incredibly cool tenant, who let us all party in his loft for the night!
Thanks to Jaden and White on Rice Couple for a wonderful night!
3 comments:
Thank you SO much for coming and partying with us!!!
Whoa! When did you put this up?
What great pictures to show the energy and fun of the evening!
Thank you so much for coming, you really made it special and the prize you won is well deserved!
Thanks for documenting the nite in such great detail, it's like reliving it again! See u again soon.
What a fun post! I'm so glad you did this wrap up. It was a great time and really wonderful to meet you. Look forward to seeing you again!
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