One of our non-cooking friends solved the dilemma by going to the olive bar at Krogers, corralling a deli worker and giving her the directive, "If it's Mediterranean put it in a bowl!" thus contributing a nice collection of gnoshes.
I took the opportunity to try a new method of roasting lamb as well as making enough dolmas to satisfy a crowd. But what surprised me most was the almost immediate decimation of a simple grilled eggplant platter.
