Just Getting Started | Purée of cauliflower soup with butternut squash and sage crostini, and a pancetta cup with roasted fig, aged balsamic vinegar and gorgonzola dolce is typical of Chef Cooper’s inventive cuisine at Bonda.
Food As Flowers | Kale flowers and allium in a brass-trimmed antique vase make an unusual centerpiece.
Welcome! | Kim Cooper greets Meghan and Treef Rosow. Treef is the owner of ThreeBeans Design/Build, and worked on Bonda’s new home in Fairfield.
Welcome! | Kelly and Sam Kingston arrive with wine in hand
Let’s Celebrate | The party gets underway with a glass of Aubry Champagne.
Let’s Celebrate | Jamie Cooper lights the living room fireplace.
Dining In Style | Heirlooms and antiques, such as the mirrored console, grace the dining room. The Mottahedeh chargers and Herend dinner plates are from Hoaglands of Greenwich. The artwork by Jamie’s mother, Mellie Cooper, is hand-cast paper and acrylic. She’s represented by Janis Aldridge, Inc. on Nantucket.
Hosts With the Most | Kim Cooper chats with Meghan Rosow as they sip Aubry Champagne, a grower’s Champagne provided by Fountainhead Wines & Distillations in Norwalk.
Hosts With the Most | Jamie Cooper preps the first course.
Hosts With the Most | Alazan, a pinot noir from Sam Kingston’s family’s vineyard in Chile’s Casablanca Valley. The evening’s wine offerings also included Kingston Family Vineyard’s Cariblanco (sauvignon blanc), Lucero (syrah) and Tobiano (pinot noir), all provided by Greenfield Liquor Grapes & Hops in Fairfield.
First Up | Fire-roasted Brussels sprouts with toasted hazelnuts, shaved parmigiano and sherry-hazelnut vinaigrette.
Enjoying Good Friends | Kim, Meghan and Kelly enjoy catching up.
Enjoying Good Friends | Kim serves Sam the delicious and inventive appetizer.
Enjoying Good Friends | Kim serves Sam the delicious and inventive appetizer.
Chef At Work | Jamie assembles the bacon, cheese and potato pie that accompanies the chicken.
Chef At Work | Tossing the garlic, fennel and Thumbelina carrots in a marinade before adding them to the pan.
Chef At Work | The delicious results.
A nice roasted chicken.
Junior Chef | Kim lets son Hayes inspect the dining table before everyone is seated.
And Now, We Eat | The friends gather around the dining room table to toast the chef and enjoy their Sunday evening together.