Afternoon "Tea"

Sunday 23 December

We had Barbara's cousins Sheree and Eric over for afternoon "tea," which really was miscellaneous seasonal snacks, accompanied by wine.  Holt made his own rosemary focaccia and left it under a towel in the sun to rise; but it wasn't long until a curious cat stepped right onto it, so we had to find a different sunny place where, despite being coveted, it couldn't be curled up in.

Despite the little cat print, the focaccia came out crisp and delicious, and we served it with toppings of our own sungold tomato confit, red onion agrodolce, slices of prosciutto, Jungle Jim's burrata (mozzarella filled with cream), olives, and artichoke hearts.

Of course we had to have some sweets; Sheree brought chocolate chip cupcakes labeled "naughty" or "nice," Holt made an apple streusel coffee cake recipe from New Joy, and Harold shared his assistant Connie's cakes, brownies, fruitcake, gingerbread cookies, and cream soda.

We spent most of the day at the table, and in the evening, all we had room for was some guacamole with tortilla chips.