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Carla and Elise before dinner. |
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Drinking some delicious champagne around the fire ring. |
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Comparing notes on the dinner. |
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A bottle of Silver Oak and an old Mouton Rothshild. We drank only the Mouton. |
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Jim pours the Mouton Rothshild. |
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Mike cleans some cork pieces from the glass. |
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Mike is ready for dinner (who isn't?!) |
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Mike opens the 1988 and 1989 Chateau Palmers. |
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Phyllis admires the black cod plate. It was indescribably delicious! |
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Everybody keeps warm around the fire ring (it was foggy outside and a bit chilly). |
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Rocco explains the ingredients of one of his creations. |
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Rocco joins us in the enjoyment of some great wines. |
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Chef Rocco prepares the noodle salad - delicious, like everything else! |
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Rocco prepares the flour to make the noodles for salad. |
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Rocco slaves over the counter making our dinner masterpieces. |
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Rocco, Phyllis, Stuart and Carla after a great dinner. |
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Getting ready to sit down for dinner. |
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Terry, Keith, Stuart and Jim Fox. |
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The wines - the Lafite Rothshild and the Chateau Figeac. |
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All the wines on the lazy susan. All exquisite wines! |
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The Chateau Palmers and two of the Sauternes. |
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Another view of the wines. |
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The pool and Spa. Beautiful layout. |
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Phyllis and Rocco talk while Mike samples the Hors d'Ouvres. |
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The incredible black cod plate! |
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The chef and able assistants at work. |
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Jim gets Rocco in an extreme close-up. |
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Stuart prepares to light the (wine) bong! |
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Everybody raving about the great dinner. |
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Hmmm-is this enough food for this crew? |
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Elise and Jack ready to chow down. |
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Mike is ready for dinner. |
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Mike found a better wine glass. |
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Taking more notes for the magazine article. |
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Rocco prepares the short rib plates. |
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Setting up the presentation. |
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Time to relax after a perfect dinner. |
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Rocco decides to sample some of those great wines. |
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Cleaning some of the dishes. |
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Rocco joins in tasting the fabulous wines. |
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Rocco tosses the noodle salad. |
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Gotta have the sauce to complete the dish. |
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Taking notes and more notes. |
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Terry, Carla and Jim pose for the camera while Rocco stays incognito. |
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Hard to believe there were any leftovers! |
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Phyllis's Ferrari poses in front of the new Stuart residence. |
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The hit of the evening - the short rib plate! |
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Time for everybody to take a break and relax. |
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OK - where is the virgin olive oil? |
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Jack and Phyllis are ready for the main course. |
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Elise and Jack at the big Rocco Dispirito dinner party at the Stuart's. |
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Rocco joins the Riddells for a snapshot after dinner. |
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