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NOT ONE PHOTO! I don't have a single photo, Reader Dear, of the delightful lunch I had today.  Alas for that, it was a picturesque spread!  There was the savory soup*, the salads, the tasty plate of cheese and crackers, followed by a bowl of vibrantly-cut fruit.  And chocolates.  Best of all, of course, there were the friends-- five of them!  Dear Reader, there is nothing that adds such splendor to a meal as faithful friends. 

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 *Recipe requested
(If I ever see these instructions for making
Roasted Eggplant Soup, Viewer Dear,
there are strikingly sweet odds that you will, too!)