Boerenkool

Eastside Road, September 17, 2012—

NO, IT HASN'T REALLY grown that cool yet; autumn's in the air, you can see it in the angle of the light and the foliage on the trees, but it's not here yet. Still, the aroma of bacon in the kitchen, the promise of good dark kale in the market. And the fact of aging potatoes from markets past, still lurking in a dark corner of the pantry.

So tonight, after a first course of a few limas left from Saturday, the first boerenkool of the season. Boerenkool, altijd lekker!

Montsant, Grenache-Carignan, "Seré" (Catalunya), 2010 (big, dark, closed, agreeable)