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To quote my friend Dan, roughly, "cooking with friends should happen a lot more often than it does".

Last night Dan, his lovely wife Elaine and I decided to make dinner rather than going out for dinner.

We, as the process goes, must identify a starch: The Solution, Dan's amazing baked potato fries.

So basically they are baked potatoes, cut into wedges, liberally coated with pepper and salt. Baked a few more minutes and then they get sprinkled with cheese. (Well half of them)

On to course two, Dan and Elaine are constantly broadening my food horizons, so we had a salad; now normally a salad isn't something that broadens ones horizons but Elaine purchased Radishes. This was my first experience with radishes. And they're awesome! So here is Elaine's brilliantly simple salad.

And finally the Protein. I would argue that I am not the greatest at BBQ'ing, but for the most part the New York steaks were cooked really well. Elaine's was a little crispy, but all three were edible.

The whole meal was awesome, the wine was great as well, and the company surpassed the food.

I think that Dan is absolutely correct; food cooked with friends is so much better than food cooked for yourself. Food takes time, just as relationships do, but both are well worth the time and effort.

So, if you haven't recently, call some friends, and cook a freaking meal with them because there is nothing better.