Club's annual holiday buffet (and jazz accompaniment) scheduled for Dec. 20

National Press Club members and their guests are invited to the annual holiday buffet in the Reliable Source on Thursday, Dec. 20, featuring music from the U Street Jazz Collective.

The price of the buffet is $25 for Club members and $32 for nonmembers, plus tax and gratuity. To reserve space, please contact the Reliable Source at [email protected] or 202-662-7443

Dinner will be served beginning at 5:30 p.m. and the music begins at 6 p.m. in the Truman Lounge.

The menu is as follows:

Soup:

Spiced pumpkin

Salads:

Spinach with sugared cranberries, butternut squash, goat cheese and ginger dressing

Roasted beets, oranges and arugula with spiced pecans

Creamed cucumbers with dill

Cranberries, oranges and walnuts relish

Hot Buffet

Roast goose carved to order

Cioppino, San Francisco seven fish stew

Baked ham with orange ginger glaze

Cauliflower, leek and parmesan gratin

Bacon and bourbon holiday stuffing

Buttermilk mashed potatoes with pan gravy on the side

Cheesy smashed Brussels sprouts

Dessert

Red velvet cake with green holiday icing

Croquembouche with Grand Marnier pastry cream

Buche de Noel

Ho Ho Ho cookies

Special drinks, $10

Grey Goose Expresso Martini

Grey goose vodka, coffee liqueur w/ coffee/expresso salted chocolate

Champagne cocktail

Sugar, champagne very cold and lemon twist