Well, we are all still recovering from last night’s epic show, and we have a lot of people to thank for pulling it off.

First off, thanks go to Ed Schwarz, one of our two resident wine experts. Ed volunteered at the 11th hour to fill in as our guest chef and, aside from a few broken glasses, he was terrific. For those of you who missed the show, Ed (above, with Tony and Carol) prepared a shrimp appetizer and a pork tenderloin with lentils. We will have the recipes up on www.newenglandcooks.com very soon. If you have a minute, please visit Ed’s web site. He and his father run Fine Wine Cellars on the Mountain Road in Stowe.

Also, congratulations are in order for Adam Coulter and his wife. Adam, of the Perfect Pear Cafe in Bradford, was scheduled to be our guest chef, but had to cancel because he and his wife had a baby! Congratulations to all! We hope to be able to bring Adam (and maybe the rest of the family) sometime in the future.

Lastly, we would be remiss if we did not thank our wonderful studio audience. We had a lot of first-timers in the house last night, and in case they did not notice, we feed off the energy off the crowd. There was a lot of energy there last night, all of it good! Along with our devoted regulars, we hope all of you first-timers will come back to see us again.

Lastly, we are less than two weeks from a visit from firefighter Bill Maddalena of Berlin, N.H. Get your tickets now, we expect a full house!

Cheers!

Tony