Gracious Hostess

Ava presided over a lovely dinner last night with Kara, Bonnie, Adam, Michelle and Petra.  Michelle brought cheeses, pickled okra (love it), her glorious homemade pates and the most amazing proscuitto-style ham made in Virginia that she scored from a food competition for which she was a judge that started us off while the geese and veg were in the oven.  Petra made a delicious Croatian-style carob-apple cake with chocolate glaze for dessert number 1.  Dessert number 2 was a re-appearance of the ham.