Members and guests begin to serve themselves from the selection of traditional Romanian dishes — and a few American extras.

Honored guests include (left) Mihaela Deaconu, Acting Consul General at the Romanian Consulate in Chicago, and (right) Andrei Rusu, First Secretary – Head of the Office for Economic and Commercial Promotion.

Branch member Ramona Cornea, in native dress, begins her lunch talk about her native land, Romania.