You can start off with a salad of radicchio , radish’s , grape tomatoes and avocado with a light vinaigrette dressing, Then you can serve brie with warm baguettes and a nice Bottle of chardonnay . Main course , a small rack of lamb and you can ask the butcher for the cooking instruction they can tell you the right temp for it . Rub it with a dry rosemary and thyme salt and pepper rub use about 1 tsp of each for this mix well and rub down roast, then marinate in a few sprigs of fresh rosemary and some burgundy wine.maybe enough to cover the roast just slightly…Marinade for 4 hrs then cook in oven, again get the temp from Butcher. serve with roasted red potatoes, if you can find the small purple potatoes that’s even better there not at all dry. Add to the pan with the roast in the last 45 min cut them in half , And fresh steamed asparagus goes great with this . Then for dessert a nice plate of fresh fruit and and small apple tarts . Enjoy, this is one of my most favorite elegant dinners don’t forget the candle light also . Lamb is very easy to find at Easter time you could even have the butcher roll you a boneless leg of Lamb as well that’s Great also . Enjoy

Here’s one I personally fix every few months:

For starters, a salad made of lettuce, radicchio, anis, thinly-sliced carrots and red onion, served with an olive oil and wine vinegar dressing.

A main course consisting of filet of salmon baked in butter with a couple of lemon slices on top, seasoned with a bit of salt, pepper and Italian parsley. Chunks of red potatoes spiced with salt, pepper, paprika, parsley and rosemary sautéed in butter. Asparagus spears salted and blanched in water and olive oil with a generous amount of chopped garlic. All served with a bottle of delicious Chardonnay.

And for dessert, blueberry pie with vanilla ice cream. Finish with coffee or tea and a liqueur of your choice.

Taken straight from the Barefoot Contessa herself, I think you should do what she calls the homecoming dinner. It consists of a very delicious roast chicken with thyme and garlic, garlic roasted potatoes, and tiramisu. If you do not like that suggestion, she has more fantastic and slightly more upscale dinner plans on. I especially like the one called Anniversary Dinner. Hope this helps!