Food, Fellowship & Friendship Fort Lauderdale Soirée – Pt. 1

Hi Everyone,

This week begins a 4-part series of a gathering of Tastes Like Home friends that was held in July of this year. The meet-up was coined the Fort Lauderdale Soirée by Al Fernandes (not his real name).

To maintain the privacy and identity of those at the soirée, only their online handles will be used.

We’ve all been gyaffing for a while now, not only through this column but many of us have been chatting in person and online, particularly, CAG, Al Fernandes and Observer. Each week, without failure, they turn up online at the Tastes Like Home page to playfully rant, rave, and tease, all the while educating. On many occasions I do not even have to be a part of the conversation, so comfortable are they with each other that I often sit back, content to be