outdoors on the patio she had charley broiling t-bone steak in a charcoal pit , while inside she fixed hors d'oeuvres of minced clams and cream cheese baked on english muffins , martinis , avocado salad , baked potatoes , italian beans from their freezer that they had originally grown themselves ... and , for dessert , huckleberries that they had picked the summer before somewhere out near the point .