Following on from hollisterb's post about cooking for a date, I'm wondering what forum members had prepared for the first dinner-date for that person who is now their permanent partner (husband, wife, significant other)

I still recall what I prepared for Mrs TD (back when she was still Ms W)

Starter: Insalata Caprese (tomato, basil and buffalo mozzarella salad drizilled with a balsamic dressing)

Entrée: Grilled lamb chops, buttered new potatoes, minted peas

Pudding: English trifle

She must have found it (and me) acceptable as we are now together for over 20 years

Poor Mr. Meisie. When we first met I could not cook at all so I never cooked for him. Since moving here, I had to learn how to cook (lack of take away and good ready made foods) and it Has since became a passion of mine.
His favorite food is Indian (I'm sure he has Indian blood in him somewhere) and I love cooking different Indian dishes for him now.

As I recall, it was a Thanksgiving turkey (first (late) wife).

Current wife, we took a motorcycle trip to Calice Ligure, and all I brought to eat was 5kg of various chiles from the garden (mainly Habaneros and such).

Tom

Homemade chicken soup. He'd caught my cold, seemed like the least I could do.

I made homemade tomato soup, Filet Steak with Bearnaise sauce, then chocolate cake with ice cream for dessert - Little did I know at the time my now other half didn't like tomato soup (she never said a thing)

I cooked mousakka the first time my now fiance came over. It must have been good because that was on the third date and techically that is still going on

For that menu, i'm happy to have a date on the other side of ther river :P