Being allergic to pine nuts, and therefore having to stay away from pesto as well, Eve is always suspicious of any green sauce on her plate.  Last night at a lovely restaurant on Martha's Vineyard many of the entrees said they came with pesto.  So we told our server of her allergy.  No pesto please.

Her dish came with some green sauce and she pointed it out to our server who came back and said, sorry, yes it is pesto.

Now how does that happen?  Clearly she did not bother to tell the chef of the allergy or surely he would have said the dish had pesto in it.  This is the second time this has happened.  What then is the point of alerting your server to a food allergy, I would like to know?

Eve and I have been debating whether it is the fault of the restaurant for not listing pesto as an ingredient on the menu considering other dishes did, or of the server for ignoring our alert.

On a positive note, I ask her sometimes to guess our server's name, which is often printed on the check.  Eve asked for a hint.  It starts with an "I"  I said.  She thought for a moment and then said, "Ivona."  IVONA?!   How did she come up with that?  Of all the "I" names....and she was correct!  That cost me a $100 bet.  I have to learn to stop betting Eve.