Melanzane delight.

Lu and I made this wonderful eggplant parm this week from freshly grown eggplants by the lovely Brooklyn Jaccom. Fresh ingredients all around and it turned out really well.

The prep circa 11 pm

Ready for the oven circa 12 am

Melanzane alla Parmigiana

2 large eggplants, peeled and sliced 1/2 inch thick rounds

fresh basil

fresh mozzarella (see picture for size)

grated italian parmigiana

1 can italian diced tomatoes

plain bread crumbs (season with salt and pepper and parsley)

3 eggs

olive oil

Preheat oven to 350. Start with the sauce: add garlic, some ripped basil, salt, pepper, some sugar, and anything you normally put into your pasta sauce. Let simmer for a while. Peel and slice the eggplant. Dip each slice in beaten egg, and dredge through the (seasoned) bread crumbs, and lay onto oiled cookie sheet (single layer). Bake on each side till browned, about 5 minutes. Then begin building the parm: eggplant first, then sauce, then layer the slices of mozz cheese and sprinkle some parmigiana, layer some fresh leaves of basil.Repeat till the casserole is filled. Bake for 35 minutes. Enjoy.

rainbow connection

rainbows were all over the place today in washington square.

nestled in the trees.

a place to live, work, cook, garden, create, and think. farmhouse 2k11 where were you.

Relaxing

A la Don Draper

Tempeh and kale with garlic and carrots

If you are hungry?

Macondo in the east village was a great small-plate dinner, I loved the atmosphere and the dishes were really good. I would recommend the calamari, skate tacos, and the yuca fries in particular. The truffle aioli accompanying the mushroom croquettes was to die for.

Also, Dos Toros tacos near union square is a pretty good taco for the east coast, the steak looked fresh and cooked to perfection.

dartmouth breakfast, end of summer.

juice and sunshine.

Evidence of missing items.

This is but one box that has been in storage since graduating over a year ago. Someday when I have more space than a walk in closet, we will reunite. Pictured above: an entire box of kitchen supplies that are on vacation in the Berkshires.

And on the side, documentation of our fridge in Greenfield, dots and all.

a picnic on saturday

white beauty tomatoes with "womanchego" cheese and fresh peasant boule

bountiful farmers market with EVERY type of heirloom tomato you can dream of

maxwell p treats me for dinner

i highly recommend celeste on the UWS

enjoying yaddo and a beach ball