A word about Julia's "simple green salad" that she loves, as I do, to accompany so many dinners. Freshly picked lettuce, like the red leaf we get from our CSA at Sang Lee Farms, is so flavor-intense with Julia's classic oil and vinegar (3:1) dressing. No extra tomatoes, or onions, or herbs, just very good oil (Julia talks about green extra virgin olive oil for salads "taste and smell your oil with great care to make sure its fresh and fine") and a good vinegar. Her favorite is imported French red wine vinegar. I make my own -- simple cider vinegar, infused with something like dried blood orange peel, or garden tarragon, or rose petals. All this softens the vinegar, and gives it zest. I like to add yellow and orange nasturtium flowers to top the salad.
Tonight's dinner
BBQ spare ribs
eggplant on the grill
corn on the cob
simple green salad
Bon appetit!
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