I hate to always brag, but I live in the greatest neighborhood. Oh, how I do love and appreciate my neighbors!

Along with our Amazing Progressive Dinner Parties, we have fun monthly Bunco nights. Unfortunately, I only make it a couple of times a year, since they usually fall on the night that I’m working at Les Gourmettes Cooking School.

Happily, I was able to attend last week. It was so nice catching up with everyone after the long hot summer. NOT that the Long Hot Summer is anywhere near over, but families are back in town and the kids are back in school so that “summer” is over.

Players bring an appetizer, salad, dessert, or drink to share. I brought these tasty little treats.

By the way – did you know that string cheese freezes great? It doesn’t change the texture at all.

I suppose that proves it’s not exactly real cheese, but it sure did come in handy when I pulled what I had left, from some that I had bought for Connor, out of the freezer.

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