Chez Alice

Last week my boyfriend and I went to California to visit his family. I gave considerable thought to not coming back.

We called upon many of Jonathan's old friends, and visiting tends to involve eating together. So we ate. A lot. The highlight: Chez Panisse, of course! Well, the cafe, anyway. But I would never have known that we were sitting in the little sister.

{Me: Zucchini salad with squash blossoms and pecorino}

{Jonathan: Avocado and beet salad with purslane and chili flakes}

{Me: Sea bass with Indian spices, mint & cucumber raita, and tomato & eggplant}

{Jonathan: Goat's leg (!) and potato gratin with roasted heirloom tomatoes & salsa verde}

{My cookbook-cover shot with desserts (1) Rhubarb tart with strawberry ice cream & (2) Creme Panisse with raspberry coulis....}

{...and (3) Chocolate pavé with espresso cream & chocolate sauce & (4) Mulberry ice cream with peaches and creme chantilly!}

{Mm, pretty Barbera and Rosé. The colors just looked so pretty with all that natural light.}

Thank you, Alice, who started it all.