Easter Day 2022. Good Friends. Great Food.

 Once again I was at meLANge my "go-to-super-food restaurant of choice" in Sarasota.

My guests were Fred and Diana Emrich, and Ed Green.

I've known Fred  (also a retired Episcopal Priest) for more than twenty-five years.  We served in the Diocese of Western Massachusetts at the same time.  He had the good sense to marry Diana (his better half) sometime after the end of his first marriage. 

Diana's story is fascinating.  She and her sister were (born?) and raised in India where their father was a big-wig in Imperial Airways (later BOAC).  When her father was transferred to somewhere in Africa, the sisters were sent home to post WWII England, and to a Boarding School where the food and weather were cold and grey, quite unlike the food and climate of India.  

Later on Diana was a Stewardess with Pan-Am,  a prestigious job "back then". 

With us at meLANge was my neighbour Ed Green.

We had a splendid time.

Here are the wonderful connections:

My sisters from the U.K., Maureen and Jean (with their husbands) met Diana and Fred a few years ago, when my sisters and hubbies visited me.

My brother  Andrew and his wife Izzy also visited me some time later .  It  was Thanksgiving time. We had a "Fresh Market" prepared feastat my home. My neighbour Ed Green joined  us.


So my Easter Dinner at meLANge had a special flair.    My guests knew and remembered my family members. How cool is that.  


FRED



DIANA



The gang of four. Fred, Ed, Diana, Jmp.

As for the food at meLANge.   Who could ask for anything more?

Let's just stay that we started with this




MeLange Charcuterie: country pate, salami, prosciutto, chorizo, duck rillette, house made pickles, and homemade bread.

There is nothing better!!!



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