At some point today I started to get frantic and crabby. It was nothing but nutritional drop. The solution was lunch at Olive Vine Café. All hail the platter of five cold appetizers, which was so varied and fresh that it utterly restored me. Humble and robust lentils with bulgar, and this spinach dish with chickpeas and well cooked tomatoes. Olive oil, lemon juice, smokey roasted eggplant in the babaganoush – brought to the table with a freshly made whole wheat pita, which I pricked with a fork so that the steam could puff out while it slowly deflated. I demolished everything my waiter brought and left more than happy. There was something lovely about clear flavors well combined.
Here’s the redesigned Court Square Diner, close by our studio building in Long Island City. Tonight we had our reception dinner for the incoming class. The school year is well and truly underway.
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