Katharine: Lunch under the Tuscan Sun

photo credits:  Jessica

Gianluca barbecued vegetables for the salad course

Jessica and her husband Gianluca, and their beautiful children Anna and Michelange, welcomed a group of six guests to their home for a summer Italian lunch. Gianluca prepared and cooked all the food for us - thank you so much, Gianluca.

...... and here they are, grilled eggplant, red, yellow and green capsicums, zucchini

Anne, Katharine, Elisabeth, Phil, Mariannick

We had a delicious six-course lunch - the courses kept coming, accompanied first by prosecco and then Italian red wine.  Our lunch concluded with two wonderful desserts - a tiramisu and a Tuscan pine nut cake.    All present thank Jessica and Gianluca so much for making us so welcome and for having worked so hard.  It's not easy to produce an elegant lunch in an elegant home when you have two small children - but they managed it. 

Anne, Katharine and Elisabeth

Philip and Leslie

Jessica wrote:  Thank you for coming into our home to fundraise for a good cause, AODVCC (American Overseas Domestic Violence Crisis Center) founded by Paula Lucas. We raised 150 euros. I've attached the photos that were taken from our camera. It was a pleasure to see all of your smiling faces to enjoy Italian food and wine.

Buona serata (Good evening),

Jessica

*Here is a link to AODVCC's website, if you'd like more information.

http://www.866uswomen.org/About-Us.aspx