After one of the more fantastic of Saturday lunches at the Academy—which included my new favorite twist on panzanella (big olive-oil—or was it chicken fat—soaked bread chunks, radicchio, fennel, pinenuts, and raisins, with it’s delicious balance of bitter and sweet), and chocolate cake topped with whipped cream and violets—Jack felt like sticking around with the kitchen crew. First, he just wandered from here to there, munching an apple. Then, Mona asked him if he wanted to help Josh in the garden. Oh yes!
What are we planting? Cilantro. Oooohh! That bodes well for spring meals from the RSFP!
I love the little garden house out back here by the olive trees. The phone actually works. Now, there is a sense memory from my early childhood—rotary dialing.
New leaves are popping out on the olive trees, and the apple and plum trees are blooming.
The Roving Locavore 
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