Figs!

Wine:
Serrig Wurzberg Riesling Kabinett 1998
Scholium Project 2008 Naucratis

Tamara is staying with us and we decided to invite Bea to join us. There are two fig seasons in California the early one now, the late one in Sep. We decided to a dinner featuring lots of figs.

We started with two great cheeses from The Cheese Store of Silverlake: a French Basque Blue and a Manchego. Chris also had dried raisins still on the vine. They are very unusual and delicious.

We then had a Turkish Chopped Salad that we found in Casa Moro The Second Cookbook. We really like this salad. It is very different with a topping of yogurt and brown butter. I really recommend that you try it. The recipe can be found in our blog of Aug 12, 2008. Click the date to get the recipe.

We then had a Fig Pasta. This is unusual pasta because it sauce is sweet from the figs. If you like figs you should try this one! It is also easy to make. The recipe can be found in our blog of Aug 22, 2006. Click the date to get the recipe.

We finished with a Fig and Raspberry Gratin. This is always a winner and we make it every summer when Figs and Raspberries are both in season. The recipe is variation that Cathy based upon a recipe by Jeremiah Tower. Once again this is an easy dessert. Be sure that you don’t burn yourself on the hot bubbling brown sugar. The recipe can be found in our blog of Sep 10, 2008. Click the date to get the recipe.

It was a fun night. Bea regaled us with stories from her youth. Bea is an artist (among many other things) and has a project to create illustrated one page stories of her life in New York City. We hope she can get it published!