Grilled Cheese

Eastside Road, May 16, 2012—

STILL LOOKING THROUGH Fortunatus tonight, readying for a short road trip to Portland and back, Lindsey decided on grilled cheese sandwiches. She butters the outside of slices of bread — pieces she's put down in the freezer from the ends of loaves — puts slices of decent cheddar between, and grills them in a black iron frying pan.

First, though, she's taken care to heat another frying pan, a little smaller. It goes on top of the sandwiches while they're grilling, smashing them down a bit and toasting the top while the bottom cooks. Ingenious.

With this, superb leeks and carrots; them a green salad; then a hot fudge sundae.

Viura, Marques de Montañana, nv.