Off to Opera in the Park (Sharon Meadow), with today's salad—Chilled Pork with Walnuts, Cantaloupe, Jicama, and Cumin Raspberry Vinaigrette (Kitchen Sessions with Charlie Trotter), and with watercress and carmelized onions. I've cut the most delicious cantaloupe I've ever tasted, and browned a pork loin to perfection. I hope the melony wine I found will be a good complement—a Pine Ridge Chenin Blanc Viognier. "Think of a spring flower garden oozing with melon and citrus blossom notes." Will it work as well in the fall, I wonder, with that soberer, bittersweet edge to the sunlight? Spring flowers are so four months ago . . . Our thoughts turn inwards, though we stay outdoors each evening as long as we can. The baby quails are big now, and migrataing birds begin to appear.
I love September, especially when we're in it.
(Willie Stargell)
image: Christie B. Cochrell, Yellow Flowers
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