Potluck

I have a huge kitchen which is underutilized about 90% of the time, especially since I generally cook for just the two of us, or often, just myself. I hosted a potluck dinner last night for wives from the ship and some other friends. It is nice to see the kitchen utilized to it's fullest potential.

Everyone always ends up in the kitchen anyway so it is nice to have a kitchen that accomodates lots of people.

The theme was to bring a dish from your heritage. I made hasluski (cabbage and noodles) which is from my ethnic and NEPA heritage and a yummy desert from a new recipe I found online (not actually my heritage, but amazing). All of the food was so good, we had Puerto Rican, Peruvian, Korean, Mexican, Italian, Southern, Mid-western, Polish and Slovak dishes.
Here is a shot of my cake:

This cake was very easy and so delicious. It actually tastes like Turkey Hill cookies and cream ice cream (tempting Jennifer?). It really does. It is a dangerous cake, thank goodness I waited until I had other people to share it with before trying the recipe, or I may have eaten the entire thing myself, and considering the ingredients it is a VERY good thing I could not eat the whole thing myself.