Bittersweet Farewell

Last night we celebrated our good friends who are moving to Prague for a year.  As always, our celebration revolved around good food and much laughter.  We grazed slowly from appetizers to grilled pizzas to Neil's ice cream and my grilled fruits.  Here is a small sampling:

New potatoes filled with herby cream cheese and sour cream

Zucchini blossoms and heirloom tomatoes

My favorite pizza of the night - precheese -

pesto, blossoms, and toms ala Jennifer's garden

New potatoes, red pepper, onion, and herbs

Roasted eggplant, steak, caramelized onions...

ala Neil and Mark's garden (except the steak, of course)

Grilled fruit, vanilla ice custard, and blackberry ice cream

with balsamic-rum-maple reduction