On Thu, 21 Jul 2011 01:45:54 -0700, Bob Terwilliger wrote:

> Christine wrote:
>
>> This is the 40th anniversary year of Chez Panisse, and oh how I wish I
>> could afford to go to one of the dinners being held this August at the
>> restaurant.
>
> At $2500 a head for the meal prepared by David Tanis, what if he served
> something you didn't like, were allergic to, or were unable to eat for some
> medical reason?
>
> It just so happens that I'll be on vacation from August 21 through September
> 6, so I *could* attend if I so chose. But I will allow this "opportunity" to
> pass, thankyouverymuch.
>
> I'd rather prepare a "Provencal feast" using local ingredients at my own
> house, thereby not only saving a colossal amount of money and following the
> precepts of "California cuisine", but avoiding the pandemonian cluster-****
> that is Berkeley traffic -- and not incidentally, also assuring myself of a
> meal I will enjoy, in company I can choose.
>
> Bob

easy for you to say. i don't think i got the chops.

your pal,
blake