I have finally sent my Secret Santa gift off today! I hope the recipient will be well-pleased. It's all local (legal!) stuff from my pocket of the globe.

Mary, I took a photo of the Spanish dinner I made from the faboo cookbook Mrrzy sent me, and I hope to get the film off to the shop in the next couple of days.

The dinner was GREAT. We had beef tenderloins with this bleu cheese topping, homemade potato chips with garlic butter (decided next time, I'm going to buy me a REAL fryer), mixed-greens salad, and a lovely red Chilean wine (Escudo Rojo. Try it.) For dessert we had Catalan Creme, which is a custard flavored with lemon and cinnamon. It was all easy to make. And the background music was splendid!

Next stop: Spanish Bean Soup.

(man, I can't wait to see what Pseudolus is getting!)