This year Tex Stevens is again (as in 2005) on the road, so only his wife, Shelley, plus Dick and Tammy Keil will be here. In addition, I invited Pen and Julie Hollist from up the street.

Yeah, I know it looks funny to serve salad and cheese before the main courses, but Americans won’t eat them if you serve them afterwards. I think the reason that the French and Italians eat salad at the end is because the ancient Romans and Egyptians took advantage of the natural opiate-like substance lactucarium, present in all types of lettuce, to induce sleep.