New neighbor Kathy and I went to a farmer’s market then specialty grocery/wine/liquor store this afternoon, then tasted some of my food stash before she ran back home to cook for a couple of guys helping a local high school with it’s play. Perhaps it’s a version of Hamlet 2! If so I can’t believe it’s going to open this soon! OK, we saw it and it satirizes inspirational teacher movies among other things.
I put out a plate of fresh strawberries, grapes, figs, and peaches. Small bowl of home-marinated Kalamata olives. Bel Paese and goat cheese, with water crackers. Cetamura Chianti from Badia al Coltibuono.
Jim arrived home tired but we spent an hour having a nice chat. I bought a “naked” hand-tossed Italian pizza crust for dinner. Placed some Greek tomato sauce on top, some pepperoni, Cappiello mozz and Parm. It was tasty and if I need to make quick pizzas without waiting 2 hours to make the dough and proof it and let it rest, I’ll get more.
The fun in it for me is showing a new Texan some of the best places to buy great fruit and veg, and specialty items one cannot buy elsewhere. We didn’t have time to do herbs and spices but that can wait.
All in all it was a nice day. Potential hurricane this weekend and we’ll prep as we can and watch the Weather Channel but otherwise we plan to stay here.
Cooking with Dee 