...Both apps (yes, we shared of course) were quite good, a step up from the kind of finger food you get at upscale corporate dinner functions (is that really a complimemt?). The grougeres—I hardly expected so may—were lighter in texture and taste than they looked, with the taste of Cheddar hit the taste buds last without any of the texture of cheese.... [Full post]

...My very good friend, Lauren, had been asking to be my dinner date for quite some time, and she would now have the opportunity as she had earlier in the week offered to buy me a steak dinner as a return favor for a previous charity I had given her. I believe that charity was in the form of several glasses of red wine (over a number of evenings).... [Full post]