It's Not Too Late to Make New Year's Eve Plans

You may be thinking you've missed the boat on making plans to ring in 2011, but there are still plenty of options to pick from. Check out last week's New Year's Eve post with all the info on what's going on this Friday. You've got plenty of time (two full days!) to plan your celebration, so get going!

This just in....Atkins Park in Virginia-Highland has finalized its chef's specials for New Year's Eve. Menu items include:

Appetizers
• Oysters: raw, with a champagne mignonette; crispy, with a spicy three-pepper remoulade; and baked, with house-smoked bacon and Parmesan

• Charcuterie: potted chicken livers, grass-fed beef tartare and quail egg and foie gras bonbon with vanilla apple cider gelee served with micro radish salad and toasts

Entrees
• Caramelized bay scallops and chanterelles over creamy Parmesan polenta

• 20 oz. bone-in grass-fed rib-eye, seared on the Big Green Egg @ 700° and served with creamy potatoes and a Cabernet reduction

Dessert
• Doughnuts: cinnamon holes filled with espresso cream, banana rum and chocolate orange