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A couple of long-time college friends were over for one's birthday dinner. I usually experiment with them so tried a total dinner cooked in the wood oven: roasted salmon with rosemary over lemon wedges, smashed potatoes (also with rosemary), and green beans. German chocolate cake for dessert Since I was outside cooking, I wasn't able to get any presentation shots. Only a couple of "after the swarm" shots when I finally fixed my plate. 🤣 It was a good dinner; I'll make it again.

Belated update. Watching the SuperBowl in an Italian bar was indeed good fun. Our Italian friends were surprised by how much they liked buffalo wings and blue cheese sauce. I had to admit to having used a French cheese, Roquefort, to make the blue cheese sauce but they liked it all the same. The best compliment was seeing the, normally very critical and conservative, bar owner mop up some of the sauce with a piece of bread. And I enjoyed the result of the game too!