John Visits Again

Wine:

Baglio Di Pianetto Ficiligno – 2003
Vietti Barbera D’Asti – 2003

John Carpenter came down and stayed with us on another wine selling trip. We still had the Goat Cheese Torta made from The Babbo Cookbook. It sure does last. It is great. John loved it.

We then made one of favorite Salads: White Nectarines, Macarena Almonds, Prosciutto, Saba, Arugula. Nectarines are in the market and are very sweet. Simple but great salad, sliced the nectarines, combine all ingredients coat with Saba. We get the almonds, prosciutto at The Cheese Store of Silver Lake.

We made Lentil Pasta. This is one of our favorite pastas. You wouldn’t believe that it does not have meat in it. It is very rich and re-heats well. John loved it. We started by roasting fresh tomatoes from the farmers market, making Summer Candied Tomatoes. The recipe for both the Tomatoes and the Pasta can be found on our blog of: Friday July 28th, so I won’t republish it here. The pasta has spinach in it and we probably purchased some of the last spinach available because of the e-coli problems.

We had purchased fresh green figs at the Hollywood Farmer’s Market. And we made another Fig Upside Down Cake. It was great, and it is another dish that keeps in the refrigerator!