Philip Hart wrote: > On the other hand, it's a pain trying to find a restaurant if > one's circle includes people who won't eat seafood, people > who won't eat meat, people on the Atkins diet, people > allergic to beef or peanuts or ..., people who won't eat > anything cold or weird or processed or ... :) Sounds like my house. For a while the challenge was making more than one element of a meal that at least three of us would eat. My wife was following a diabetic regimin, my daughter has a three-year-old's natural suspicion of any new food, I am on Atkins and my sister-in-law was the only "normal" one. When my vegetarian cousin stayed for dinner, it got tough. Let's see, Pam and Kate both like red beans and rice, Sarah and Elizabeth can eat mac and cheese, Kate and I will have mushroom cheese burgers, Pam and Elizabeth can supplement with tofu, and Sarah can have the last of the leftover chicken. We will all eat brocoli and the girls can have bread if they want it.