How Much Work Could a Workshop Shop if a Workshop Could Shop Work?

I’m up a mountain in northern New Mexico, at the Rio Hondo Workshop.  We’re in a  beautiful valley of the Sangre de Cristos, so what did I do?  Hike in the beautiful mountain wilderness?  Go bird-watching?  Get a workout on the ol’ mountain bike?

Nope, I spent the day cooking a meal for twelve people.  Linguini in ginger-garlic sauce, chickpea salad with hard-boiled eggs, fresh mint, and capers.  And roasted pork loin with herbs.

Michaela Roessner served up chocolate chip cookies for dessert.

I ate a bit more than my share of the feast and chased it with a nice cabernet sauvignon from Marlborough.  And now I have to work, which hardly seems fair at all.

I’ll sleep when I’m dead.