Leaving party

Preparations start today for a leaving party tomorrow.  We've invited people we have met, who've made our first three months here such a pleasure.   Off to the supermarket now for the ingredients for:

• Marinated vegetables with mozzarella (Jamie Oliver)
• Butter bean salad (Ottolenghi)
• Chicken and wild rice salad (Ottolenghi)
• Spring salad of asparagus, French beans, mangetout and spinach (Ottolenghi)
• Grilled steak
• Crushed new potato salad

• Fruit salad, ice cream and cookies (my imagination failed me at this point!) 

Paper plates and plastic glasses in true American style at the ready and the fridge stocked with wine and beer...Cheers Ottolenghi!