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“This Is Just To Say”

Posted in Fruit, Poetry, Whimsical on June 14, 2009| Leave a Comment »

I was in such a hurry to post those pictures earlier, that I forgot to mention the culmination of the evening in a stunning performance: 2 1/2-year-old Mimi’s recitation of this poem by William Carlos Williams.

I have eaten
the plums
that were in
the icebox

and which
you were probably
saving
for breakfast

Forgive me
they were delicious
so sweet
and so cold

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Berry my heart…

Posted in Baking, Fruit, tagged Alabama local food, Alabama locavore, Amy Campion, Amy Campion food, eating locally, local food, roving locavore on June 14, 2009| Leave a Comment »

Last night we had a last, leisurely, late-afternoon-into-late-evening dinner with Jim, Sharyn, and the adorable Mimi. Jack and Mimi played continuously and tirelessly for five solid hours, pausing only for dinner—spicy local pork sausages with spicy mustard, shalloty crispy green beans, and grilled eggplant dressed with saffron-yogurt sauce—and dessert: lemon custard tart topped bountifully with berries.
Sharyn's tart
Sharyn is the picture of effortless elegance. The wine was served in little Moroccan tea glasses that complemented the votives arranged asymmetrically here and there. The tapenade was lemony, the pita toasts just bite sized, the dishes bistro-white. And then there was the tart: aristocratic and earthy at once on its crystal cake-stand. The crust edges were perfectly tapered and golden, the vanilla-lemon custard softly peaked, the berries tart-sweet and juicy. The farmers’ market blackberries were as big as small plums, and satisfyingly, sun-ripened sweet. My adjectival powers are stretched to the limit!