Good Morning!!!

In an effort to bring you as much summer goodness as possible, we are doing a luscious Ratatouille, a classic, chocked full of silky eggplant, zucchini, summer squash, onions, garlic and lots of basil. A perfect accompaniment along with Insalata di Fagiolini to our roast chicken. A simple easy meal that you can enjoy more than once. Summer vegetable soup returns, loaded with all of the vegetables of the moment and toped off with a plop of pesto misto, a pesto of a variety of summer herbs. This pesto is nut free. We are grilling Yundwell chicken thighs in a Vietnamese style lemon grass marinade for our take on a Bahn Mi sandwich, loaded with pickled vegetables and lots of herbs. The first tomato sandwich of the season is with creamy fresh goat cheese, zippy olive tapenade and fragrant sweet basil on baguette. And continuing, a salad of sweet orange-dew melon, local tomatoes, cucumber, red onion and feta come together with, basil, mint and chives, aleppo pepper and a zippy lime vinaigrette. We are baking individual blueberry galettes. Lasagne features sautéed zucchini, lots of basil, tomato sauce, fresh mozzarella, parmigiana and pecorino.

Final week for ‘Summer Ravioli Sale”. Twenty percent off of your favorites. Via Ravioli make for a quick and delicious meal in minutes without heating up the kitchen. Four minutes in boiling water, drain and dress with simple melted butter and parmigiano, or a simple sauce of fresh tomatoes depending on your choice of ravioli. Fresh sweet pea with mint and pecorino, asparagus and ricotta, mushroom and ricotta.

As always, jams and marmalades from Mimi Beaven are available. These jams are small batch and of local ingredients. Start the day with jam and toast, but don’t limit them to breakfast. The jams will perk up any sandwich, accompany roasted and grilled meats, are yummy with cheese and how about topping vanilla ice cream with black currant jam or very red berry!! Tribeca Bakery baguettes and fresh Yundwell eggs are here for you as well.

Michael will be taking your calls beginning at 9am.

Have a lovely week!!