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clafouti, for sure, as it is cherry season here... and I am pondering whether I am brave enough to make rabbit with green olives, out of Patricia Wells' Bistro cookbook...

I think we might try to grill a pizza for the first time. I've always been nervous about doing it on charcoal, but there's no way in hell I'm turning on the oven.

It's still a bit nippy and wet here in Vancouver, so no fear of turning on the oven. Alas. We made quesadillas (yum) tonight. Tomorrow night we're making coconut-crusted shrimp and hoping that a tropical meal attracts warmer weather.

I just finished eating the breakfast pizza I put together this morning from the AT recipe: ricotta, prosciutto, herbs, eggs, and a smattering of leftover pecorino. Delicious.
The boyfriend was almost in awe that someone could put together a fancy breakfast pizza in under 30 minutes total, incl. the dough- way to boost my status as a cook, AT!

cakekick, grilling pizza is great! I always make individual ones because they're easier to deal with on the grill, and make sure you've got a hot zone and a cooler zone, and you'll be good to go.

Summer? What summer? I'm still thinking soups and braises and hearty potato dishes. So tomorrow is potato skillet pie from Deborah Madison's Vegetarian Suppers. Lettuce is the only thing growing in the garden, so we'll have a side salad and some crusty bread to go with.

French toast for breakfast tomorrow; I've got challah in the freezer I saved just for that purpose...

Ugh, yesterday was NOT a good day to do what we'd planned: eight people for brunch, a double recipe of Marc Meyer's lemon-ricotta pancakes and a goat-cheese-dinosaur-kale strata which had to bake...to make matters worse, one of the guests was an hour late and I kept the strata in the oven too long....Since it's ok cold, i should have just taken it out instead of drying it out in the oven....
And our air conditioner seems to be out of coolant...

Pizza on whole wheat pita - carmelized red onion, hunks of roasted garlic, mushrooms, orange sweet pepper, old Cheddar. Now cherries for a snack.

Trying to find some no cook recipes... I wish I'd made some whole grain salads before it got hot. I suppose I still could, but that would involve me going outside into the sauna and walking to the store, which is pretty unappealing at the moment.

I got lucky and it was pleasant without being hot here this weekend. Saturday morning started with a trip to the grocery store for lemons and butter and eggs and continued on with a cake to be baked, lemon curd to be made and a chicken to roast. My guests showed up at noon and we didn't leave the table for hours. It was soothing and delightful for me to have company and feed people. I can only hope they enjoyed it, too.