I'm spending the weekend in Fort Morgan in order to visit my mom and sister and also to attend my third annual Dinner in the Gallery. Every Spring Don and I attend an auction fundraiser for the Fort Morgan Heritage Foundation. This foundation operates the Fort Morgan Museuem and they have been working on a huge renovation for the past few years. A big auction item that we try to purchase every year are tickets to the Dinner in the Gallery. Don wasn't able to go to the Dinner this year so I took my mom. The night started off with a Cocktail Party at the home of the Heritage Foundation's President who also happens to be my father-law. After this party, the 24 guests made their way over to the museum where tables were set up in the Gallery which houses many new and wonderful displays encapsulating the interesting history of Fort Morgan. The highlight of the evening- and the reason we try to get the tickets every year -is the food. A local gourmet chef, Donnie Edson, cooks up an unbelievable 5 course meal without an established kitchen. He brings in a mobile kitchen and grill and you would never know it because each course is to die for. I don't know the official name for all the dishes but Donnie came by when each course was served and told us more about it and how it was prepared. Tonight we had a crispy egg salad, a chicken chipotle corn chowder, crab cake with lobster sauce, lamb meatball and polenta and cinnamon roll bread pudding with pumpkin ice cream and homemade Carmel sauce. Mom and I had a great time but we may not be eating very much tomorrow!
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