Friday 24 August
Our friend Julie is a painter, and loves vivid colors and vivid flavors. So going to her house for dinner is always a pleasure, even when the outdoor temperature is hovering around 100 degrees and cats stretch their paws under the doors to test the strength of the air conditioning. We brought cold white wine and garden tomatoes, and our friends Kathy and Russel brought cold white wine and English barley water. This is the first time we've tried the latter; when mixed with ice water, it's more like lemonade than the thin gruel I thought it would be.
Julie wisely followed the weather conditions and made an all-cold summer spread. It started with wrapped bites of melon in prosciutto, and sliced tomatoes sprinkled with fresh basil. Then came cold lemon chicken, accompanied by potato salad in a dill-yogurt dressing and a cucumber salad in vinaigrette. Finally, there was Graeter's peach ice cream, the best flavor that Graeter's has, and that's saying a lot. And of course (did I mention?) cold white wine, before, during, and after. We were revived, relaxed, refreshed… all those re-things. Thanks, Julie!
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