Yes - with cucumber here, I think.
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I made pork and pepper stew from the Abruzzo - adding diced fresh fennel this time. Served over buttered pasta with naan and corn. Made a triple batch and looking forward to leftovers.
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The last of the farmers market tomatoes have been languishing on the kitchen windowsill, and they were beginning to look a little spotty & bruised, so I decided to turn them into pasta sauce by grating them up …. even the small ones – fun times! 
I melted a few anchovy filets in olive oil, added RPF, garlic, thinly sliced onion, a squeeze of tomato paste, and a quarter of a thinly sliced red pepper that needed to be used up as well. The bacon I’d planned to use but thankfully fried up in a separate pan smelled off, so I tossed it. Chopped up a couple of slices of Wegmans old-fashioned ham instead for smoky meatiness. A splash o’wine, the grated maters, basil, a touch o’cream: boom. A little reminiscent of the tomato sauce my mom used to make – she would use deli ham and canned mushrooms, and hers didn’t have any heat. This one had plenty of kick!
Delicious and comforting. Arugula with lemon dressing & more parm on the side.
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A late dinner of roast chicken with homemade gravy, mashed badadahs with a gravy pool, and buttered carrots, peas and corn, because I started making dessert very late: a sour cream apple coffee cake, made with a couple of Macoun apples I picked up in Maine last weekend. I’ll have it with a scoop of Tillamook Waffle Cone Swirl ice cream.
Wine.
Recipe for the coffee cake here (ignore the unfortunate blog name, please!)
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Last night I braised a bunch of short ribs and they were tonight’s dinner, along with cheesy grits and roasted delicata squash.
Edited to add that I am at my wits end with the terrible camera on my phone. Might need to upgrade solely because of my food pix
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That sounds really good! Have you made it before? Please report back.
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We enjoyed an outstanding dinner at Bloom in Verona, NJ, including delicata squash with burrata, kimchi aioli, pumpkin seeds and maple glaze; duck breast with balsamic braised cippolini onions; butter poached halibut with white wine and bok choy; crispy shrimp balls with garlic aioli and habanero sauce; escargot in a mornay sauce; kimchi Brussels sprouts; truffle fries; crispy shishito peppers; (half eaten) warm sticky toffee cake with pumpkin caramel for dessert. It all went great with an excellent zinfandel and cabernet.
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I’ve not made it before, but it came out pretty well baked at 40 minutes in a 9x9" pan (vs her suggested 13x9" pan).
I should have poked some holes in the thick batter before baking to allow the streusel to seep into the cake. I also didn’t get a good taste of apple, despite using great-tasting Macouns.
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Cavatappi with the Slater-ish roasted tomatoes. Roasted Italian sausage. Leftover spinach gratin. Lotsa parm.
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That’s not just dirt on the lens?
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First course: the last of the mozzarella sticks from the bag my nephew left behind who knows how long ago — with calabrian chile dipping sauce because I didn’t feel like opening a jar of marinara.
Second course: farfalle with pesto (and a sprinkling of broccoli slaw so I could pretend I ate a vegetable, plus a good dollop of fresh ricotta.
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Arayes (Lebanese filled pita dough) - dough made with AP flour, dry yeast, water, salt, olive oil. Filled with a mixture of ground chicken, onions, garlic , diced tomatoes, cumin seeds, caraway seeds, cinnamon and mascarpone and topped with egg yolk and nigella seeds. Served with Moroccan inspired carrots - steamed carrots mixed with olive oil, vinegar, paprika, ground cumin, cinnamon and parsley and marinated for a few hours
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Take-out Mary Brown’s fried chicken and taters, and take-out won ton soup, egg rolls and Tai Dop Voy.
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Cool. Made by you? Just curious.
No, by our chef.
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Speaking of dirt on the lens…I couldn’t get the automatic garage door to close the other day. It seemed to be stuck coming down from the top. I went through the usual process of elimination of items blocking the electronic eyes. No success. Then, I looked at the ‘eyes’ themselves. Dust was the culprit. A quick wipe with a q-tip and I was able to go on with life.
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Isn’t it beautiful when you can solve a problem with a Q-Tip?
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