the tomatoes

Tonight I hosted my church’s gourmet dinner group at my house, and I had a last-minute fear that there wouldn’t be enough food. So Tim volunteered to whip up a pesto/mozzarella/tomato pizza, and I took on the task of picking up tomatoes on my way home from work. Thank goodness for the produce stand in Downtown Crossing. I grabbed two beautiful tomatoes, handed over a dollar bill, and went on my way.

Dinner consisted of an amazing coconut curry soup, a summer salad with apricots, pistachios, and almond soft-fried egg, Tim’s pizza, and then an abundance of desserts — Quebec maple sugar pie, mini nectarine tarts with a gingersnap crust, and fresh peach ice cream. Let me tell you about this incredible salad. First of all, pistachios should definitely be incorporated into more salads. Second of all, the art of soft-frying an egg, then peeling it, and then coating it and deep frying it is something I never want to attempt. But I very much appreciate it when someone else does the work. Look at this beauty.