OK, so this is the part where we finally get to the Wackers, who came over for dinner last night, and were guinea pigs on not one but 2 dishes: chicken with dumplings, and apple upside down cake. Chicken with dumplings was fun - brown chicken, brown veggies, dump everything back into a big pot and boil for 45 minutes. Take chicken out and pull all the meat off the bones. Throw meat back in to boiling pot and then drop dumpling dough on top. In all, it worked well because the Wacker kids and parents helped pull the chicken off the bones. In the end, I thought the taste was pretty darn good - chicken bones and thigh meat tend to have that effect. I liked the dumplings too - plenty of bready-goodness on the inside. 5 out of 5 salt cellars. One thing we learned - it doesn't have to be done in a dutch oven. We have a heavy steel pot, in which made another batch, and it also worked well. 
The last dish was apple upside-down cake. The middle of the cake was a little under-done, so I'll probably cook it for 5 ot 10 minutes longer next time. I'll call it 4 out of 5 salt cellars - pretty tasty, but not as good as Alton's super apple pie.
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Hey--I also picked up an issue of this same mag. I did the Austrian potato salad (yum, even though I couldn't find the cornichons) and one other thing--what was it?? Can't remember. Also got inspired to make a recipe I already had out of gourmet for focaccia. It has zukes and tomatoes on the top and we're having bumper crops this year. I baked them in the oven at 450 until they were carmelized, then put them on the foccacia. Unfortunately Zach had invited a couple of friends over to dinner. Zucchini on weird pouffy pizza was not their idea of a good meal. One weakly asserted that he had eaten "a really big lunch." Even Tim rebelled and attempted to throw away the cooking magazine. Tom and I thought the whole thing was delish.
Oh, please note that the kids themselves scarfed down the leftovers the next morning.
Must say-- the dinner was very tasty. Kids weren't sure, but were pleased in the end. The apple upside-down cake was really good. Many of the kids wondered why it needed to be upside-down. The company was wonderful.
You need to post some more, you slacker.
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