Pottage

Eastside Road, March 28, 2012—

AS YOU MAY HAVE noticed, I try not to complain very much. I know how incredibly lucky my dining life is, as a general rule, and I know there has to be the occasional exception, and I try to take it philosophically.

But I'm glad to have seen the last of this experiment with cabbage, potatoes, and beans. To tell the truth, I didn't think the addition of carrots really helped. And while good olive oil and grated Parmesan almost always improve matters, tonight I thought they only highlighted the confusion of tastes and textures that was already there.

I've written from time to time about Elective Affinities, like lamb rosemary and garlic; this stuff makes me suspect there are also Elective Incompatabilities.

Pottage, as in A Mess Of. With real pot age. Glad to say goodbye.

Cabernet sauvignon, "Les Traverses de Fontanès" (pays de langue d'oc), 2010