Sunday Night!!
OH BOY! I can WRITE! I am no Hemingway, and, truth be told, i am terrified of writing that novel i rhapsidse about:because, i don't think i am good enough. That's not going to stop me, though, because i have moved mountains, insecure or not...
I love food. I love words. They are one and the same, when the creative juices get flowing...You have a plan, and then creativity comes, in a dark, seductive cape, sweeping you off your feet, tongue in your ear, whispering suggestions that you just purr and melt into...and your plan becomes the open road, free, traveling where it wants to, until you just give up, and bite into it's succulence.
I was going to take J. to dinner tonight for his birthday...then i thought to ask him if that was what he wanted(quite the concept, eh?). He didn't want the Olive Garden, or even Outback..he wanted me to cook...Something Italian, yet creamy, something ...hmmnnn....he didn't really know...
So i got home at 5:15, and for the last almost 2 hours, in the kitchen...Fresh peppers, and onions, and garlic...parsley snipped from the yard, and basil from the enamal pot sitting in the old seatless chair...ricotta, so creamy and rich, and chicken, seared in a hot pan, and simmered in rich tomato sauce...
I love words, i love food. Such an adventure, so sensual, a mingling of taste, and texture, and placement...You take what you have, you create...You shop, you choose, you create. And when all is said and done, you sit at the table...you spit it out, or you draw it in, but never, never, is it boring...
That is Life, never boring...if you create. Paint in chalk on the sidewalk, dance to Vivaldi, whisper sweet words to a stranger, just...create...
We are all so afraid, afraid of not being good enough, afraid to shine, because we think others shine brighter...SO WHAT?...In shining our own selves, we become luminous, authentic, and that holds a beauty unto itself.
I think i just gave MYSELF a good talking to...because YOU are never afraid of not being good enough, afraid to shine...are you? Wink, wink....
Birthday Menu
Chicken Cacciatore with Grilled Peppers
Jumbo Stuffed Shells...Cheese Stuffed, with Parsley,Nutmeg and Loccatelli cheese
Steak Stuffed, with Ricotta, Basil, and Garlic
Balsamic Vinegar and Olive Oil Salad, tossed with tomatoes, Cukes, and Spinach from the Garden..Garnished with black olive flowers and chunks of merlot soaked green olives
Pineapple upside down cake for dessert, with fresh whipped creme...
Bon Appetit, J...Happy Birthday
Ps...i hope the steak stuffed shells are good, they are basicly leftovers, lovingly drawn into service..
Remind me, will you, to express the sheer sensuality of stuffing jumbo shells...i could write a treastie on them that could make me blush....
AH! time for dinner....ciao!