Well, the last of the guests have left and the bird has been freed from his cage. He's one very happy camper.
The party was great. What I want to know is, how do people eat and eat and eat and I always wind up with more food than when I started?
We had ham and clams and shrimp and too many salads and scalloped potatoes, yams, mashed caulilflower, deviled eggs, relishes for miles, and the desserts: colomba (an Italian Easter bread), almond-amaretto cake, brownies, a raspberry tart, dark chocolate, cheeses ...
And the wines. My favorites were a 1991 Bert Simon Spatlase that was almost like honey in the glass and a dry 2002 Meridean Reserve Pinot Noir.