Celebrating our Kitchen

On Saturday evening Mark and I cooked dinner for our construction crew that remodeled our kitchen. Tarl the general contractor is married to Diana who is from Mexico. Her mother and his mother came. Mary his mother actually designed the kitchen with our input. It is a great design. Mario and his wife Maria are also from Mexico. John and his wife Rachael who is completing her surgery residency came too. John did a lot of the carpentry work. Cameron the painter/artist wound up being someone who used to wait on Dwight and me when we would eat at the Mercury Cafe. So now for the meal. We made Duck, papaya, artichoke tacos with a pepper corn vinaigrette. Then a tomatillo soup served over tortillas, cheddar cheese and fried quail eggs. The main course was turkey with mole and rice. Desert was tres leches cake. We served a different wine with each course. Tarl mentioned that when he told Diana that we were making mole from scratch she was sceptical. I suppose the best compliment of the evening was when she said that we far exceeded her expectations. She said she did not think we would be able to make mole and this was one of the best that she has eaten. Her mother Sylvia devoured the tres leches cake. When I mentioned that I guessed she did not really care for the cake she laughed with glee. All in all it was a terrific meal enjoyed by all.