{"id":1399,"date":"2010-07-07T19:15:12","date_gmt":"2010-07-08T00:15:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/debslunch.com\/debslunchblog\/?p=1399"},"modified":"2010-09-28T16:35:39","modified_gmt":"2010-09-28T21:35:39","slug":"first-summer-supper","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/debslunch.com\/debslunchblog\/first-summer-supper\/","title":{"rendered":"First summer supper"},"content":{"rendered":"

So I had this idea to do a series of summer dinners<\/a>, featuring “the fleeting tastes of summer”.<\/p>\n

The first one was last night. It was quite pleasant –\u00a0 a congenial group – one of my “girls” – a young woman who lived at the co-op dorm where I was the head cook from 1981-1986, when she was 18, and I was 26 – and she brought a long another woman who is wondering if she should keep trying to make it as an artist, maybe get an MFA, or pursue some other graduate degree; a young guy on his own, who turned out to have grown up in Manhattan, across the street from my upstairs renter’s boyfriend; one of my oldest friends; a group of four who’d never been there before – so lots of pleasant conversation.<\/p>\n

The menu was:
\nPan Bagnat<\/a> – salad Nicoise in a sandwich – crusty bread stuffed with tuna, tomatoes, cucumbers, and olives – with a no-tuna option for vegetarians (that turned out to be pesto, goat cheese & tomato
\nSalt & vinegar potato salad<\/a>
\nColeslaw<\/a>
\nRhubarb mousse<\/a> served with butter cookies<\/p>\n\n

\n\t
\n\t\t
\"Mousse<\/a><\/dt>\n\t\t
Mousse in the serving bowl, with whipped cream and blueberries<\/dd>\n\t<\/dl>\n\t
\n\t\t
\"Individual<\/a><\/dt>\n\t\t
Individual serving of mousse<\/dd>\n\t<\/dl>\n\t
\n\t\t
\"Swirls<\/a><\/dt>\n\t\t
Swirls in the mixer bowl I used to whip the cream<\/dd>\n\t<\/dl>\n<\/div>\n
\n\t
\n\t\t
\"Another<\/a><\/dt>\n\t\t
Another view of the mixer bowl<\/dd>\n\t<\/dl>\n\t
\n\t\t
\"Regular<\/a><\/dt>\n\t\t
Regular iPhone shot of potato salad<\/dd>\n\t<\/dl>\n\t
\n\t\t
\"iPhone<\/a><\/dt>\n\t\t
iPhone polaroid of the potato salad<\/dd>\n\t<\/dl>\n<\/div>\n
\n\t
\n\t\t
\"Coleslaw\"<\/a><\/dt>\n\t\t
Coleslaw<\/dd>\n\t<\/dl>\n\t
\n\t\t
\"Pan<\/a><\/dt>\n\t\t
Pan Bagnat & Tomato Pesto Goat Cheese<\/dd>\n\t<\/dl>\n\t
\n\t\t
\"iPhone<\/a><\/dt>\n\t\t
iPhone polaroid of the sandwiches<\/dd>\n\t<\/dl>\n<\/div>\n
\n<\/div>\n\n

There was a little too much food – a lot of sandwich, only a dab of coleslaw, and a vat of mousse leftover. I had some of the sandwiches\u00a0 for dinner tonight, and mousse earlier today for second breakfast.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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