So Many Side Dishes

On Sunday I went a little out of control with the side dishes. The main event was a mustard-garlic pork roast, from Epicurious, which turned out very very delicious. Clockwise from there is celery-mushroom salad from the NY Times, pain a l'ancienne from the Bread Baker's Apprentice, port-glazed pearl onions (Epicurious), and spiced wine cranberry sauce and baked acorn squash (both me). The celery mushroom thing was dressed in lemon juice and olive oil, and I thought it was surprisingly good, although Craig thought it was too lemony. The bread was amazing. This was the first time I'd made that recipe, and it was really quite easy (no kneading, no shaping), except for making Hollie into a wood-burning brick oven. Probably one of the best breads I've ever made. Craig really liked the onions, I just thought they were so-so, and also thought they shouldn't have been plated next to the cranberries, which were very tasty. The squash was dumb, underseasoned and undercooked, but that was OK because when I skipped that and my salad, I had room for another piece of pork!