You are the Devil. I seriously have never seen such a shocking and scandalous assemblage of food in my life. I'm glad you decided to post the full menu here for future reference. Let this menu live on! And I understand why you are feeling particularly Catholic this morning: you have managed to combine (and perhaps overcome?) the virtue/sin, virgin/whore, saint/sinner dichotomy last night by laboring to birth this extravagant and decadent feast.
Thank you!!
Here is what I wrote (verbatim) in my frenzied email to Claire this morning (note the Catholic guilt I also felt):
"Amanda truly outdid herself. It was shocking. I mean, to the point of I felt guilt. She is a crazy person. I cannot believe how much food/prep was involved in this. Let me discuss with you the menu (of which you are already aware, no doubt). So, the ladies cheeses/olives were present. These Amanda had let sit out and so they were almost pornographic by the time I arrived. The cannellini bean salad was AMAZING. I have urged her to post it on the Recipes site because I think this could become a staple in my diet. It was seriously so delicious. And she said it was supereasy to make, so bonus points that. I would have been fine with this amount of food. But there was also a massive tortilla and a huge bowl of caponata. Ok. We are clearly done. BUT NO. She *also* made the meatballs (what?) AND ordered a pizza from Euphoria (that was totally demolished). And then fruit. Have you ever heard of anything like this in your life??? AND THEN. White wine sangria? 5 bottles of red wine? AND THE CAKE. Let us not speak of it. It is an obscenity that cannot be uttered. She also arrayed flowers everywhere.
Poor D. He was I think equally shocked by the display, even though he had a hand in it. He kept repeating, "Amanda did a really good job with the food." I think this might have been his first real taste of the organizing genius that is Amanda."