Staff party

Glen Ellen, October 11, 2009—

EVERY LATE SUMMER OR EARLY FALL, usually a little earlier in the year than this, we have a big staff party on Bob Cannard's farm. He seems to be running two of them these days; last year we were outside Petaluma, today, back in the Valley of the Moon. In the past I've taken lots of photos; this time not a one. Don't know why.
It's always a splendid event, though this time the weather was a bit short of ideal — a cool day with a covered sky; jacket-and-scarf weather. Chris Lee cooked huge quantities of fish soup, alas for me with shrimp and a lobster-flavored base, but with toasted baguettes and rouille and all that. The wine flowed freely; there was lots of fruit; delicious salad of course, fine cheeses. Best of all great company, because it is, let's not mince words, a great company.