On the Menu for this Weekend

My parents retired upstate (upstate New York, that is), about two hours north of the city. Ever since this happened, my life has been filled with guilt about not getting up there enough to see them and help them out with things. I think their hope was my brothers and I would come and visit every weekend. Of course, this cannot be the case. My brothers and I work. They all have children (we have the dogs!), and my parents take over our lives whenever we plan a visit, which makes extended stays rather difficult, particularly if you have your spouse in attendance.

Because of our car accident, we have no car to get up there, so they're coming to me this weekend to celebrate my birthday a few days early. They'll be staying over on Saturday night, and will take us to brunch on Sunday morning. Of course, this means that I must make dinner for them on Saturday night. I thought about ordering in Chinese and just avoiding the whole "why am I the one cooking on my birthday" thing, but it just wouldn't work. I was planning on making this new recipe this weekend anyway, so why no try it out on the folks?

Because I'll be cooking for Queen of All Things Made from Scratch, this is what I'll be making: Moroccan B'Steeya, garlic bread, spinach salad, and chocholate souffle. Happy birthday to me.

Post to come. After I get through the weekend.