John Irving, our Dorset neighbor, is one of contemporary America's bestselling novelists and film writers. John's books have already become classics to generations of readers, both in this country and abroad. John has a much anticipated new novel called Last Night at Twisted River, scheduled to be published in 2009.
	David Sanger has been a New York Times correspondent for 25 years, covering foreign policy and the White House, economics, and globalization, among other things. David's compelling front page analyses dig beyond the official pronouncements of the day to explain the most complex events of our time. His first book, The Inheritance: The World America Now Faces is to be published in January, 2009.
	Archer Mayor lives in Newfane and is Vermont's most acclaimed and beloved mystery writer. His detective Joe Gunther has become part of Vermont's literary lore and is the subject of 18 - soon to be 19 - police procedurals. Archer writes a book a year and is absolutely mesmerizing in communicating his love of his craft.
	Christopher Kimball who with his wife and four children, divides his time between Boston and their farm in Sandgate, is a culinary phenomenon-a prolific cookbook author, host of the popular TV program, America's Test Kitchen, and founder of Cook's Illustrated and Cook's Country magazines. Chris presides over the actual America's Test Kitchen, a 2,500 foot kitchen outside of Boston.
	Peter Galbraith, who lives in Townshend, Vermont, has had a distinguished career as a diplomat, serving as our first ambassador to Croatia, and has held numerous senior positions in the U.S. government and the United Nations. Peter is the author of the acclaimed book The End of Iraq: How American Incompetence Created a War Without End.
	Hosts Kathleen Colson, President of African Safari Planners, and her husband, Doug offer you and your guests dinner, set full safari style in a Dorset meadow-crisp white linens, silver, candlelight and a menu that combines the best of African dishes with traditional safari fare. Maasai warriors will share their stories of life on the plains as the moon rises and you gather round the fire under the stars.

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