I truly believe the best ideas are hatched at cocktail parties. Or maybe it's just with cocktails, but we had an idea. Brad hunts and fishes, his wife Alexandra (Ali) is an expert and prolific gardener, Daniel is a professional chef, and me – well, I do dishes and love to eat! Hence, an idea was born, to combine our talents and appetites and come up with a menu, based on our local food, because we are lucky to live where it's possible to truly eat local!

Ali swooped by our front porch one morning and dropped off: venison roast from Brad's hunting, and from their garden; asparagus, spinach...