Life gives you lemons...

       Actually, sometimes life gives you lemons, quince, three types of lettuce, two types of apples, a literally endless supply of amazing watercress, and small amounts of the last cherry tomatoes.  All for free.  AND all plucked by myself and master-green-thumb Ron from his cousin's gorgeous garden.  The only way this could have been better is if it had happened BEFORE I placed my produce orders for the week...

               

                           
      SO-  to work, to work!  I made lemon curd, quince jelly, and in unrelated news, giant batches of granola and peanut butter to put in darling little jars with darling, silky ribbons, and sell from the front-desk.  It was SO FUN!
       Then, when we found ourselves with no guests for the weekend, we had a little dinner party for the staff featuring the beautiful, crisp Romaine lettuce in one of my all-time favorite salads:  add toasted walnuts, a creamy and intensely savory vinaigrette made with mortared garlic, anchovy, and lemon and dust liberally with Parmesan cheese, and THAT, my friends, is the salad that made Caesar blush.  (Okay, maybe a salad can't blush... but you get the idea.)