Kitchenless gourmands

We love to eat. We hang out in our kitchen. Everyone who visits us hangs out in our kitchen. Well, for about a month it's been only half a kitchen.

And when tomorrow is over, the Hersheys will be completely kitchenless. It's eight weeks (so they say) of no cookies, no soufflés, no rack of lamb, no veal roast, no kitchen sink.

We've done it before and we survived. I feel the same way about having kids. If enough time passes, the difficult parts fade from your memory and you take the plunge. Given how much time we spend in our kitchen, we have to do this. Our house has great bones but not a real "cooking" kitchen, so the 8 weeks will be worth it. At least we're doing this with Chris and Dave who did our other kitchen and who we trust implicitly.

The last hurrah for the old kitchen was our annual Pinot Noir tasting: a relaxed gathering with lots of food and wine with some of our closest friends. After 6 bottles of wine, kitchenlessgourmet.com was launched to chronicle how this family that loves good food will survive without a kitchen...