[tessa]

i have a vegan chocolate cake recipe if you want it, you would just have to change the flour from wheat to something else

[BombayBen]

no - I've developed a recipe usinf egg replacer and spring water and it works fine

[tessa]

sounds intriguing
you will have to take photos of all your stuff it sounds lovely

[professional am]

Personally, I would serve garlic, chilli, butter, prawns, coriander with crusty bread with cold white wine & then prime rib of beef steak medium rare with duck fat chips (American's call them fries) and salad and onion rings and mayo and beer and then chorcolate tort and tell them to stop being SO SILLY.

[m brown]

Oh, That crazy Sting and Trudy!
(that is who your cooking for, right?)

There are so many options using tofu, it's not even funny.
That with a good chocolate and some caramel syrups you can make nice desserts! Flower extracts infused in syrups.....

Dried veggies and grains (quinoa) to make terrines, how about house made fresh veggie and bean burger "sliders"? (mini burgers on rice/rye/soy/pea flour buns topped with beautiful tomatoes, saute of onions and shallots, pickles and crumbled bleu tofu cheese?

Say, this is fun!

[BombayBen]

Thanks everybody for your suggestions. Recipes would also be nice. Update: No it is not Sting and Trudi - there are in fact going to be Amercian Hollywood stars (BIG ones!) the party is about a month away. I have now been given carte blanche on the menu (apart from the host who wants something 'similar' looking to the rest - only vegan and gluten free). I also have a pretty hefty budget and everything HAS to be organic - so menu ideas would be nice. It also has to be 'presented' and look elegant

[Praties]

The grilled vegetable terrine from "The Soul of a Chef" is nice. I did it for some vegetarian relatives and it got raves. I also added some fresh basil and chives to the balsamic vinaigrette that holds it all together. It's simple, made the day before so less "on the day" prep and colorful. For dessert, how about a blood orange/Grand Marnier or white peach/raspberry liquor or black cherry/kirsch granite?