Our friend Bob Tobin was passing through town and brought our new friend Tim Styles along. They came over for our potluck and treated the lucky attendees to a lovely impromptu concert. And of course, the food was amazing, along with the company, as always!!!
I think it was a great deal all around!
Video coming soon…
Corn and peaches were the seasonal ingredients of the night! Corn chowder and corn pudding, and peach cobbler and peach tart with chestnut flour crust.
Out in the Decatur Cemetery. Really. Amazingly beautiful and lively! Fun for a good cause, with Peter & Colleen Morich and Dayle Hosack! Victor was of course at the Alliance for the preview of Bull Durham: the Musical.
In the auction, Dayle and I tried to buy the Hog Heaven item with the stipulation that we’d be able to spare the pig’s life. Got outbid, but at least they had to pay more, and it helped the cause – theirs and ours!
As you can see from the photos, there was great food (and wine!), in addition to the great company. The outstanding menu providers, from a vegetarian perspective, were:
Thanks to the organizers: Robin Chanin, Judy Turner, and former mayor Bill Floyd. A great evening!
Cena da casa Preston!
Per celebrare la prima di primavera, abbiamo cena con gli nostri amici Anne e Clay. Clay cucina il cibo favuloso:
E vino italiano, certamente!
Molta buona! Che una meraviglioso strada comincia la primavera!
Can’t believe we didn’t get any pictures… but, come to think of it, isn’t that better? We were all just in the moment, chatting and enjoying each other’s company, rather than trying to document it for later. Anyway, we had friends over last night, and Victor made a feast, and served in courses! Here’s the menu:
And many bottles of wine… shared with friends Wriston & Tony, Colleen & Peter, and Christine. A very serendipitous gathering prompted by the early spring weather, as we dined on the patio so our friend Tony could stay for longer than 10 minutes. Cat allergies. It was so beautiful and we had the perfect weather for it! Before waking up to the lovely rain and a foggy head! Worth it. Totally!
Tonight may have been a record for attendance at our little gathering. We had 19 people total! If it isn’t the record, it’s close!
It all started at 6:30, when our neighbor Marcia showed up, for the first time! What a great surprise! We had a lovely chat while I folded napkins and other last-minute (as usual) prep. Then others started coming, and coming, and coming! It was a delight every time the door opened. After awhile, our neighbors from across the street, having seen the line of cars on the street, texted me to say, “Do you have room for us tonight?” But of course! The more the merrier!!! Ah! We’ve achieved critical mass? (But not capacity! No! Never! We’ll find room.)
We got to actually expand into the annex – the media room, which we’ve only had to do a handful of times so far. The food was as usual phenomenal. And there was definitely a common theme: kale!!! One of our all-time favorite foods. And lots of other goodies! And for dessert – a birthday cake for our dear friends Tana and Harriet! We’re not telling their ages!
And by now, you’re probably wondering why the title is what it is? We had our god-dogs here that night (Mani & Moe) in addition to our own Coop-ster, all a little rowdy from all the excitement. And our across the street neighbor, who saw all the cars on the street and thought we had no room at the inn? He and his lovely bride came, and brought his dulcimer! He didn’t bring it out until later in the evening, when we could actually hear it over the lively chatter (oh, makes my heart go pitter-patter – both the musical accompaniment and the chatter!).
Posting food photos and will try to list the dishes as we can… and if we can get recipes to post will do that as well. If you see something you’d like the recipe for, post a comment and we’ll do what we can to get it and post it here! And of course, there was lots of great wine!
