anneliese, there was so much cooking going in my kitchen that I thought I was running a restaurant. My son and his family from Maine were here until Tuesday, but they are safely back in Downeast as of Tuesday night (very late!).

Fortunately, my son and his wife and his two kids were great pitcher-inners. Also I jsut kept cooking things--veggie flatbreads, a loaf of Challah bread turned into French toast, fab sausages from the local Farmers Market, the boeuf bourguignon and twice-baked potatoes for Christmas day--while others cooked the lobsters, heated up leftovers, and my daughter invited us for dinner at her house one night. I credit my son, his wife, their two kids, and my daughter for making the whole thing work.