<p class="MsoNormal">I was blessed with an amazing and knowledgeable staff,
willing volunteers, and a dedicated clean up crew.<span style=""> </span>No cook could really ask for more. </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The following folks worked hard in my kitchen cooking and plating food:</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Christofano Vecchione<br>Sarab bint Alima<br>Rua MacAodha<br>Alexandra Krycek<br>Caitlyn of Dearnehealde<br>Helena Campbell<br>
Miranda<br>Eleanor<br>Rocky Hayeslip </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">A big and special Thank You to the gang of people who helped
peel chestnuts your hard work is more appreciated than I have words to say,
especially for those who just walked over and got sucked into peeling:</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Sarab bint Alima<br>Rua MacAodha<br>Alexandra Krycek<br>Caitlyn of Dearnehealde<br>Helena Campbell<br>Rocky Hayeslip<br>Tofi Kerthjalfadsson<br>Risa<br>Yvianne de Castel d'Avignon<br>Angus MacBain
<br>Andreas von Hassen<br>Alessandra d'Avignon<br>Robert pour Maintenant<br>Rupert<br>Robert Kasper<br>Aleea Bagah<br> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Thank you to my clean up crew:</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Helena Campbell<br>Cadell blaidd du<br>Derek Archer<br>Alexandra Krycek</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Thank you to my skilled runner, Master Alaric MacConnell.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Thank you to Lord Clemente de Warrewyk and his parents for the
chestnuts.<span style=""> </span>Lord Clemente, his father, Lake, and I collected them at Clement's parents' house.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">A big thank you to THLord Kieran MacRae, who helps make
everything I do possible by being supportive, loving, nodding, smiling, and
being a great Father and Husband.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">If I have missed anyone in this listing, it is not because I
don't appreciate your time or work it's because by the end of the night I have
no brain and if I didn't write things down before I left, I forgot.<span style=""> </span>Please write me and set me straight and you
get extra "Thank You" the next I see you.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">To everyone that volunteered; thank you for your time,
talents, and effort.<span style=""> </span>The food would not
happen without you.<span style=""> </span>You did yourselves
very proud and put out a delicious lunch and a fantastic feast.<span style=""> </span>I just handed you recipes and told you what I
wanted you to do, you all created the experience for those at the event.<span style=""> </span>I am grateful for making my vision for this event happen.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Respectfully and gratefully,</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Edelachtbaar Vrouwe Odriana vander Brugghe<br>-- <br>"Without music to decorate it, time is just a bunch of boring production deadlines or dates by which bills must be paid."<br></p>-Frank Zappa