Mar, Aneta, Kosuke (pictured), Christian, David, Nicole, Matt, Teri, Tomoe, Naoko (not pictured)/Thanksgiving, Brooklyn

Starters: hummus & veggies; roasted red pepper & white bean salad with feta; stuffed grape leaves; sundried tomatoes; mixed olives; Teri's homemade pickles (beets & garlic, rosemary radishes, and cauliflower with carrots); bread & crackers; stuffed ajicitos with cheese; mixed nuts.

Dinner: Stuffed portobellos with wild rice, spinach & goat cheese; vegan cranberry stuffing; raw vegan cranberry sauce with orange and candied pecans; roasted garlic, rosemary & parmesan mashed potatoes; vegan gravy; vegan baked sweet potatoes with coconut milk; roasted brussels sprouts, carrots, cauliflower, red pearl onions & corn; two-beet arugula salad with walnuts, apple & goat cheese; stuffed biscuits with roasted butternut squash, apples & currants; many beers (Japanese from Naoko & Tomoe and lambic from Aneta & Kosuke); many wines (including a Spanish one from Mar & David)

Dessert: Nicole's pumpkin bread & brownies; Matt's chocolate pecan pie & pumpkin pie; vanilla ice cream & espresso gelato; fruit plate (rasberries, blackberries, strawberries, apples); 4 types of Bovetti chocolates (ginger, pistachio, mint & cocoa bean); coffee; Baileys; Lagavulin single-malt scotch.

Music: Christian