I do have a certain fondness for curry dishes, although usually it is chicken or cauliflower. Sometimes it is good to branch out. On a beautiful summer night, I thought supper should consist of tomatoes, olives, a bit of cheese, a lentil salad, and some spicy shrimp. We had cherries for dessert. Have you noticed that the supermarkets are now bagging up the cherries? They were on sale for $2.99 a pound today, but all the bags were 4+ pounds. We will eat that many cherries, but what if you really just wanted a pound? It was such a pleasant evening to sit out on our deck and have, not exactly a picnic, but a pick-at kind of supper. The sun has already reached its furthest North point and has started inching back South along the horizon. The days are a minute or two shorter now. We savor these summer evenings in Vermont. We watched our sparrow family as we ate, and realized that there are in fact two white sparrows. A recipe ...
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