Meghan, Megan and I went over to Dave’s early to set up for the party. We put out platters of cheese, meats, and vegetables, made a version of the Dead Man’s Icy Hand punch I wrote about earlier (sans food coloring, alas), and whipped up some stuffed mushrooms, which turned out great.

STUFFED MUSHROOMS

What you need:

4 packages white mushrooms, cleaned and stemmed

1 bag bread crumbs, crushed

2 cups grated pecorino cheese

A few pinches of finely chopped parsley

Olive oil

3 garlic cloves, finely chopped

Garlic salt or regular salt & fresh-ground pepper

What you do:

1. Preheat oven to 400F

2. Wipe down a baking tray with olive oil

3. In a large mixing bowl, combine bread crumbs, cheese, parsley, garlic, salt, pepper, and a few glugs of olive oil.

4. Stuff mixture into mushrooms and arrange on baking tray. Drizzle over a couple more tablespoons of olive oil.

5. Bake for 25 minutes.