Toast the holidays with seasonal cocktails at Reliable Source's annual buffet, Dec. 12

Seasonal food and drinks are on the menu at the National Press Club’s annual buffet dinner for members and guests at the Reliable Source restaurant on Thursday, Dec. 12.

The sumptuous holiday feast will be accompanied by cool jazz from The Renée Tannenbaum Trio. 

Buffet service begins at 5:30 p.m., with the jazz following at 6 p.m. in the Truman Lounge. Price is $30 for Club members, $35 for nonmember guests. Special holiday drinks are $10 each.

Tannenbaum regularly performs around Washington at venues including Blues Alley, Mr. Henry’s, Bistrot Lepic and the Smithsonian. She recently completed a tour in Europe where she performed in Prague and Rome.

Reservations are recommended. To reserve space, contact at 202-662-7443 or e-mail at [email protected].

Here's the menu:

Soup: Oyster stew with spinach and artichokes

Salads:

Spinach salad, dried apricots, cranberries and almonds

Blue cheese pear salad, pomegranate seeds and toasted hazelnuts

Winter apple salad, romaine, sugared cranberries and cashews; poppyseed vinaigrette

Cranberries, oranges and walnut relish

Hot Buffet:

Roast goose (carved to order).

Christmas Eve seven fish stew with fennel and tomatoes

Apricot and ginger glazed bone-in ham

Cornbread surprise holiday stuffing

Mashed potatoes, pan gravy

Cheesy cauliflower au gratin

Dessert:

Red velvet cake with green holiday icing

Croquembouche (glazed profiteroles) with Grand Marnier pastry cream

Chocolate & hazelnut Buche de Noel

Pumpkin cheesecake

Drinks (+$10 each): 

Grey Goose Expresso Martini

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

Champagne Cocktail

Sugar, very cold champagne and lemon twist