Sunday May 24
We haven't seen Liz for a long time, so there was much to catch up on when she came over. We decided on a Greco-Turkish theme, starting with mezes/mezedes of Holt's own taramasalata with rosemary crackers, salted almonds, and a bottle of the excellent Yeni Raki that Burcu and Murat brought us when they visited.
Then we came to the table, because the second course was giant artichokes (pressure cooked as usual) with a 3-herb dipping sauce foraged from the garden, and you can't eat these without the sauce dripping down your chin unless you sit well-pulled-into the table.
A really nice simple Greek wine (Skouras White 2008) went with, of course. From the new and excellent Market Wines at Findlay Market.
Our main course was garides me feta (shrimp in tomato sauce with feta cheese). The recipe comes from the Frugal Gourmet Cooks Three Unrelated Cuisines, but it's really just as we described it here when we did it with squid (and doesn't that sound wonderful?). Used fresh tomatoes this time, because we had them; and Holt now peels them when we cook with them.
Dessert was local strawberries from the Farmers' Market on the last toasted slices of Holt's Easter lemon cake. Opa!
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