I promise this is the last post from me for a while!! 
We had such a great time with them as we always do. Doesn’t seem possible it’s been 5 years since we’ve seen them. We ate and drank and yakked the entire night away.
Chef Dave started us off with Shrimp Spring Rolls with Nuoc Cham
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Dave & I put together these Spicy Tuna Cups
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Grilled Quail Breast Stuffed with Pan Roasted Garlic and Basil wrapped in Prosciutto and Grape Leaves. This is a dish he made at one of the Windsor, CO fundraising dinners. At the fundraiser it was served with a delicious Humboldt Fog Bread Pudding and Savory Jus.
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Grilled Sweet Pepper and Shrimp served with “Naughty Nelly’s” Tropical Chipotle Rice (one of Chef Dave’s Company’s products)
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Meyer Lemon Ice Cream with Chef Jon Gatewood’s Citrus Rum Sauce (Jon was on C2C)
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And lastly, so that Dave & Pam could find their way to our house….(keep in mind this was late, late into the evening – Roy’s map.
![[Image: CIMG0289.jpg]](http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y72/cjdacook/Texas%20Trip%20Dec%202010/CIMG0289.jpg)
We just had a wonderful time – and I hope it is not another 5 years before we get together again!

We had such a great time with them as we always do. Doesn’t seem possible it’s been 5 years since we’ve seen them. We ate and drank and yakked the entire night away.
Chef Dave started us off with Shrimp Spring Rolls with Nuoc Cham
![[Image: CIMG0280.jpg]](http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y72/cjdacook/Texas%20Trip%20Dec%202010/CIMG0280.jpg)
Dave & I put together these Spicy Tuna Cups
![[Image: CIMG0281.jpg]](http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y72/cjdacook/Texas%20Trip%20Dec%202010/CIMG0281.jpg)
Grilled Quail Breast Stuffed with Pan Roasted Garlic and Basil wrapped in Prosciutto and Grape Leaves. This is a dish he made at one of the Windsor, CO fundraising dinners. At the fundraiser it was served with a delicious Humboldt Fog Bread Pudding and Savory Jus.
![[Image: CIMG0284.jpg]](http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y72/cjdacook/Texas%20Trip%20Dec%202010/CIMG0284.jpg)
Grilled Sweet Pepper and Shrimp served with “Naughty Nelly’s” Tropical Chipotle Rice (one of Chef Dave’s Company’s products)
![[Image: CIMG0288.jpg]](http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y72/cjdacook/Texas%20Trip%20Dec%202010/CIMG0288.jpg)
Meyer Lemon Ice Cream with Chef Jon Gatewood’s Citrus Rum Sauce (Jon was on C2C)
![[Image: CIMG0290.jpg]](http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y72/cjdacook/Texas%20Trip%20Dec%202010/CIMG0290.jpg)
And lastly, so that Dave & Pam could find their way to our house….(keep in mind this was late, late into the evening – Roy’s map.
![[Image: CIMG0289.jpg]](http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y72/cjdacook/Texas%20Trip%20Dec%202010/CIMG0289.jpg)
We just had a wonderful time – and I hope it is not another 5 years before we get together again!
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