olive oil
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Looking over to the corner with fresh rosemary needles, water boiling, and garlic seeming right — as medicine, and as joy to the palate
— the pestle in the mortar created this dense paste which later dissolved in a small bath of fine olive oil, before the nine minutes expired for the spaghetti, and just before being wrapped in taste and aroma…
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Soft against hard may be in agreement
The gentleness of an avocado, next to a subtle cream-stuffed mozzarella, drizzled with a robust olive oil and fresh garlic. Not many edibles are as brutal as fresh garlic. Yet, this contrast is worth repeating. Some opposites marry better than merely attract.
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Whole Hot Tomato
Once the spaghetti is al dente, and out of the water, I drop a tomato in. While the pasta gets the basil, olive oil, and grated cheese added, the tomato will become hot, and pop. Simple!














