Lamb chops

Eastside Road, March 8, 2015—

FIRST GRILL OF THE YEAR. This is not good, climatewise: it's unseasonably warm here, the warmest winter on record, and one can only wonder what the summer will be. Still, it was a beautiful Sunday.

Cook asked what I'd like for dinner: How about lamb chops, potatoes, and asparagus? I built a fire of grapevine cuttings from last year and grilled the chops, with just salt and thyme, and we stove-top roasted the potatoes with olive oil, salt, and rosemary. Cook steamed the asparagus with, I suspect, a little butter.

Green salad afterward, and fruit. What a fine Sunday dinner…

Carignane, Preston of Dry Creek, 2009: a beautiful, fully developed wine