We hosted a fairly international dinner party last night for a newly arrived Spanish colleague & his Panamanian partner (her family background is Indian, however), whom my PIC’s been meaning to invite & introduce to others, e.g. one of the “Fulbright” couples we met at a dinner party recently (one is from Barcelona), our Scottish buddy, and another German/American couple.
My PIC made his youvetsi that he’s perfected over the years, and for which Wegmans specifically butchered a leg o’ lamb bc they only had one package of shanks (and our local share for some reason didn’t include any). It went in the oven around 3pm, and the intoxicating aroma of the shanks braising with tomatoes and herbs permeated the entire house. I’d been looking forward to dinner all afternoon! 
I contributed melitzanosalata (jarred grilled eggplant, RWV, lemon, garlic, Cretan olive oil, feta, chopped walnuts, roasted red peppers, parsley),
and we also had TJ’s gigantes & dolmades to snack on.
The ’Barcelona’ couple brought a delicious and kicky aloo gobi & basmati,
the Spaniard a fabulous tortilla Española,
and the German/American couple contributed steamed beans with almonds & a wonderful salad.
We served rolled pistachio baklava, regular pistachio baklava, and walnut baklava for dessert, all imported from Turkey.
Fun evening 
, and TPSTOL!
. An I missing something?
