Friday night dinner with friends: they are grilling, so we are planning on bringing a salad, appetizer, and bottle of white wine.  They are making wine spritzers that they had in Venice, which apparently require white wine.  Never having been to Venice, we can't possibly make it out of the country with what we spend domestically on food.  Hoping to hear how great Venice is.  Our other friends joining are heading to Peru soon.  While they enjoy the sights of Machu Pichu, we will be eating foods of the Andes thinking of them.

Greek Salad:
romaine
capers
kalamata olives
lemon wedges
pepperoncini
feta
italian parsley
red onions, sliced thinly
diced celery
sliced cucumber
tomatoes
fresh ground black pepper
olive oil
avocado?
croutons?


Appetizer: Bruschetta

Topping:
diced tomatoes
salt
fresh ground pepper
olive oil
diced garlic
fresh basil

Mix these all in a bowl.

Crostini:
Nice artisanal baguette, sliced. old works ok too so long as you can still slice it
olive oil
raw garlic clove

Turn on the broiler, brush or spoon olive oil onto each slice.  Broil until done to your liking, flip over and once done, remove from broiler.  Take garlic clove and rub on olive oil side of bread just for flavor.