HUNGRY GERALD

HG/BSK had a dinner guest last night—beautiful Leslie French (She lives in Toronto but has spent summers for many years in her small house. just east of HG/BSK’s Prince Edward Island oceanfront home). Plentiful fresh vegetables in the fridge so BSK made a healthy and tasty pasta dish–al dente penne plus zucchini, cherry tomatoes, onions, scallions, garlic, olive oil, herbs. Plus cheese: Mozzarella, feta, parmesan. BSK fried some thick cut bacon.  Crumbled the  crisp slices and added them to the penne dish. A nice touch. HG sipped HG’s pre-dinner Negroni while the women joined HG with glasses of chilled Rose’. (Good Pinot Noir with the food). BSK made a sumptuous dessert for BSK and the lovely guest: Vanilla ice cream topped with fresh raspberries and a splash of maple syrup. HG had HG’s usual: Clement Faugier Vanilla Chestnut Puree with whipped cream (A taste memory of London’s Gay Hussar restaurant). HG nightcap: A worthy whiskey–Forty Creek– from Ontario’s Niagara district. O, Canada!!!