A Midsummer Night's Meal

Posted by David | Filed under blog

The title and ethos of this here food site was derived from Alice Water’s book “The Art of Simple Food.” Not only is it a good cookbook, but it’s a good framework for thinking about eating; but it can also be so subtle that you forget you even have the book lying around. It’s easy to get lost in whizbang, shiny recipes and forget that some of the best food is also the most basic. So I was happy to dig back into her book to come up with my simple and humble midsummer night’s meal.

What we have here is just a quickly cooked pork chop, some homemade potato salad and some cut up, fresh tomatoes from the garden. Fresh tomatoes on their own just feel like summer (picking them in the sweltering heat of July also feels a lot like summer), but the potato salad was something a little new for me. Growing up in the south, I’ve always been used to the more creamy varieties, made with all manner of condiments. This one is just vegetables with olive oil and the smallest bit of vinegar and salt and pepper. It’s entirely refreshing. And the pork chop is just to give the other white meat a fair bite.

2010-07-20

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