Some recipes are better with company. The first time I had these Viet Fajitas, Taylor and I were staying with our friends Julie & Curtis in Florida before last year's Food Blog Forum (speaking of which, will I see you in Asheville this August?!) Anyway, she whipped out her trusty camp stove and cooked the fajita filling right on the table, in small batches as quickly as we could devour them. A perfect dish for entertaining, as each guest is responsible for rolling their own and you're not stuck manhandling sticky rice paper wrappers for hours on end. I think of that night fondly as an evening filled with good friends and good conversation and amazing food. Taylor, on the other hand, thinks of Disney (that's where we were headed the next day). He's such a Disney addict, in fact, that when we recreated Julie's recipe at home a few weeks ago he would not stop talking about Expedition Everest. Sigh. There's a psychological basis for it, I'm sure, the association of specific foods and

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