Birthday Dinner!

Another one of my famously terrible photos... but you get the idea. Forgive me the chickens -- I had lots of meat eaters for dinner. The pie is tomato pie, from Laurie Colwin's Gourmet colums. The sweeet potatoes were dry (it's still early for them), but the beans were excellent. There's a big salad down the table, a rice salad (local rice!), and another green bean salad and dressings. I have to say, I was exhausted when it was all over. I had fun, though. Good fun. Worth every minute of prep.