The First Real Summer Dinner

For the first time in a long time, we planned to eat some beef that wasn’t a rib eye or short ribs. I thought of summer salads, crusty bread and thin slices of grilled meat. Although it’s just beginning, summer is finally here enough that the windows and back door are open more often than not during the day, bare feet abound and my new, giant, floppy hat makes a regular appearance. This made me think of cherry tomatoes (even though ours are just starting to make flowers) and corn (just barely starting to see it in the stores) and … Continue reading

Carniiiiiiiiiiiitas!

Now that the weather is getting nicer…. Wait, let me start again. Now that we had a brief, sweet taste of early summer warmth, promises of al fresco dining, bare feet getting rough and toughened for hot pavement and many shoeless months, our minds are stuck on the long tomato wait, bountiful herbs and the return of lunch or brunch at Pinche Tacos. I say brief because these last couple weeks have been nothing but one Noah-sized storm after another, drenching us, freezing us and making any sort of out door fun impossible. I did, however, manage to slurp down … Continue reading