Entirely agreed - I thought hummous was one of the never-fail dishes; and even I can make onion soup (although I usually don't, but that's not the point).

And I'd definitively try to make the plum sorbet with feta if I knew what plum leaf was, exactly. Also, yay for alcoholic jelly. Must make that in abundance again once my parties stop being attended by a pregnant majority :)

The entire menue sounds like a certain case of 'excuse me, but do you mind if we go grab some hideous fast-food on the way home, I need to reboot my tongue'