Luke's LOST Birthday Party

My husband is a big LOST fan. He counts down the days to the season premieres starting at 9 pm the evening of the season finales. He doesn't know what he's going to do at the end of next season when the show retires for good. He quotes LOST blogs to me. But after planning and researching for his (what else?) LOST themed birthday party, I wouldn't say now that he's one of the biggest fans. He probably isn't even in the 95th percentile. There are some TRULY dedicated LOSTites out there, as you can see here, here and here.

We welcomed Luke to the island Dharma Initiative style. We were a little suspicious of him at first when his name wasn't on the manifests, but Juliette cleared that all up. His aptitude tests qualified him to work in security and he was issued a jumpsuit (t-shirt) to suit. We held a barbecue in honor of the new recruits. There was plenty of Dharma food.

My Dharma labels were all modified from labels I found online for other Dharma things, like beer, tuna chunks, and wheat crisps. I just did a little pasting in Word. You can see that our Dharma soda is a "barley flavored beverage" (on the back "may contain alcohol"). Also that our Dharma pickles are an "emulsified condiment". Dharma cereal is "fully hydrogenated." Those Dharma folks sure know how to make food sound good.

**On the other hand, Smitten Kitchen does a great job making food that sounds and taste great. I got all the recipes for the cake (vanilla buttermilk), filling (raspberry and white chocolate ganache), and cream cheese frosting off her blog.

Happy Birthday, Honey! You're the best thing on this island!