“Dining partners, regardless of gender, social standing, or the years they’ve lived, should be chosen for their ability to eat – and drink! – with the right mixture of abandon and restraint. They should enjoy food, and look upon its preparation and its degustation as one of the human arts.”
-M.F.K. Fisher in Serve It Forth
The greatest joy is sharing food with excellent and likeminded friends. Recently, I had a marvelous dinner hosted by friends living nearby. We spent the weekend eating, drinking, tasting wine, lounging in the sun, and admiring the handsomest corgi on the planet.