On Wednesday Gretchen and her family came for dinner. Shawn had some souvenirs to dole out to her son and daughter from his Asia trip. Gretchen has fabulous gardens teeming with vegetables and flowers which she patiently grew from seed. This is the bouquet she brought me for the table. Isn't it stunning?! Nasturtium leaves, dill flower heads, snap dragons, and flowering thyme- such a lovely combination of flowers and herbs. She has quite a gift for growing and arranging them.
Then, on Friday night, they had us over for dinner. She served the most wonderful fiesta of melt-in-your-mouth fish tacos with all the appropriate toppings (totally Californian), deconstructed guacamole salad (ala Barefoot Contessa), and fried pineapple over vanilla ice cream for dessert.
If we don't quit getting together for dinner I'm going to need more money in the budget for a new wardrobe!
Gretchen is such a good cook. I hearby award her the title: Taco Temptress!
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You are much too kind. I only follow directions from famous tv chefs. We had such a great time seeing you all this last week. Really, you can tell you're having a good time when you look at the time and simply CANNOT believe that 5 or 6 hours has gone by.
Hey Mrs. Gillis,
That is THE PERFECT nickname. I've been trying to come up with one since you were crowned DMF. Hehe. Kudos. LOL. Thats just too good.
Blessings.
Deborah Kate
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