We all have a friend who is completely inept in the kitchen.  Actually, if you don’t have a friend like that, read on, because I have enough friends who meet that description to share at least one of mine with you.

The gift suggestion that I’m about to make for him is a tad expensive.  I promise you, though, that you will discover it’s a very good investment on your part.  Maybe it’s your son, or nephew, or uncle or your roommate who just refuses to leave.

Try giving him a wonderfully romantic dinner without having to leave the house or apartment.  Hopefully he’ll be able to find some date with whom to share it.  When you get right down to it, nothing impresses an unsuspecting date more than an intimate dinner that the host has prepared himself (with your encouragementand supervision, of course.  I really do have a particular friend of mine in mind as I write this, and he needs all the help that I can give him, and I’m sure your similar friend does, too.  Give him specific directions for this.  You know candles, subdued music, the whole thing.

Start with a gift of a fine gourmet cheese as the first course.  If he is capable of slicing a couple pears or apples, suggest that as well.  This course can actually be a nice appetizer, before they are actually seated at the dining table.

The meal’s next course should be a fine lobster dinner a different seafood dinner or perhaps a combination of steak and lobster, sometimes known as surf and turf.  As noted, this guy needs plenty of help, so the fresher the lobster the better.

End the evening with a delicious, New York cheesecake or a turtle cheesecake, if he is a fan of chocolate for dessert.  Whichever cheesecake option you choose, tell him to spruce up the serving with a few fresh berries or a sprig of fresh mint.

You might also recommend a fine wine, if he consumes alcoholic beverages.  Lobster is sufficiently robust that it is perfectly safe to offer a bold wine.  He might consider a Burgundy or Merlot, although if he is not very adventurous, then perhaps a Chardonnay would be better for him.

Now, sit back and wait for the eventually arriving wedding invitation.  If it doesn’t arrive within six months, just find another friend.  That will be much easier.

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