Out to Pasture

With a pending international flight and looming Valentine's Day absence I took my Art Friend out to Pasture, so to speak, for an early celebratory dinner.

Every so often you have a dining experience that changes the way you perceive food: This was one of them.

For me it was a watershed moment that quite frankly makes nearly everything else that I have ever stuck in my mouth seem second rate and obsolete.

All I can say is go, support their vision and passion and help them achieve the dizzy heights they deserve.

Pasture

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