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Soaking Up the Last Days of Summer
It’s 90 degrees right now in L.A. and I’m making strawberry ice cream for the occasion. Yum.
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Wendy, that sounds delicious! I didn’t make any strawberry ice cream this year (but I did can strawberry jam!) Strawberry is my favorite fruit flavor of ice cream.
It’s been 90 degrees most of the week here in Indiana–we’ve actually had a relatively pleasant summer with few days in the 90s, but I am really ready for fall. I saw local mums and pumpkins at the farmers market last week and I’m itching to braise something (it’s always about food with me, isn’t it?) That said, I’ll do a few summer things this weekend (grilling, maybe making ratatouille), but I’m ready for long sleeves and crisp air. Autumn is my favorite season and I’d love it if it lasted 9 months long!
That said, I hope you enjoy your weekend AND your ice cream!
This is the first real heat wave we’ve had in L.A this summer, so I’m enjoying it. My friend and I sat out on my terrace last night sipping martinis, eating melon & prosciutto, pasta with pesto and strawberry ice cream. It was heavenly. Happy grilling.
That does sound delicious!
I can’t believe that summer’s almost over. It flew by too quickly for me.
We’re in the middle of a heat wave here, so it certainly feels like summer, but daylight is definitely shrinking.
Still almost 3 weeks left of summer, technically :). Here in NYC it is that classic Labor Day weather: Sticky, hot, sticky, rainy, sticky. Did I say sticky? Went to the US Open last night (saw Nadal at his most Nadal-esque), a bbq with a new crowd on Sat. Mom on Sun, getting closer to her move to assisted living. All in all a good sticky Labor sticky Day weekend.
Best of luck with your Mom’s move, Lew. Happy New Year!
Thanks Wendy! And Happy New Year to you! BTW the stickiness has left for now. Beautiful late summer day here.
Still suffering in the heat. Well, not exactly suffering. Just sweating.
The perk of being single is when you decide to really cook, you have enough food to last at least a week. I bought new knives and a Dutch oven and was determined to put both to work last week. I made my mom’s favorite cold pasta, a shrimp macaroni salad; chicken tagine with almonds, golden raisins and chickpeas; a frittata with onions, shredded cheese and andouille sausage; almond smoothies with vanilla almond milk, almond butter and 1) blueberries and strawberries and 2) strawberries, bananas and peaches (I liked the second version better) and still had a turkey burger, chips and apple cider beer on Labor Day. I felt like such a grown up!
I hope I remember how much I enjoy cooking and do it more.
Wow. That’s quite a menu. How long did it take to make all of that?