Serendib Kitchen

The Blaze climbers have been putting out so many roses, I pretty much had to make rose ice cream. Recommend serving with a drizzle of pomegranate molasses, which adds great complexity and balance to the sweetness of the rose, and some fresh fruit — mango is great, but berries would also work well. I used

Made clafoutis again because it’s cherry season so why not, and also Ben had never had it before, which was tragic. I tried mixing two kinds of cherries — worked great!

Leftover grilled salmon and asparagus from yesterday, turned into an omelette for me and Ben today, which we consumed while plotting out our session on plot. Well, character and setting and plot, but that’s not as funny. Sauté minced shallots in butter until golden, add leftover chopped grilled asparagus and chopped grilled salmon, mix eggs

Doing a little more cooking this week, I expect, since I have Ben visiting. Grilled salmon with ramp butter from the farmer’s market is the star of the lunchtime show, accompanied by grilled asparagus, and some Costco orzo salad. 15 minutes, start to finish. Well, add 5-10 for preheating the grill, I guess.

Dan recommended I try breakfast at La Note in Berkeley, and it was an excellent recommendation. I had an open omelette with potatoes and caramelized onions, served with slow-roasted Provençales tomatoes, and of course sourdough toast with whipped butter. With a good hot cup of tea. FABULOUS. I gather they’re quite packed on the weekend,

While we were watching the D&D movie with Anand, I baked Kevin a cherry clafoutis, which was about as much as we were going to do for Father’s Day — we don’t really celebrate it or Mother’s Day much here. But he does love cherries, and they’ve just come into season, and clafoutis is super-easy

 I ask because my family has started going through them at a truly ridiculous rate (especially considering that my own garden isn’t producing them yet, so these are all purchased). But they are so yummy — here we have my breakfast, a slice of multigrain toast with whitefish spread, topped with cherry tomatoes, and it