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Stuffed Eggplant

Eggplant stuffed with sweet sausage, panchetta, panko, fresh oregano, red pepper, garlic and onion smothered with fontina and a white pepper bechamel. Served with buttermilk, garlic, red bliss mashed



Sneaking Off Into The Vines


Is there no better way to enjoy the tastes of California than sneaking off into the vines with a bag of figs, sun gold tomatoes, olives, prosciutto, local olive oil, burrata, a French baguette and a bottle of cold chardonnay?






Late Summer Tomatoes





When the ambrosial Golden Gems, Yellow Brandywines, Sun Golds and tomatoes so euphoric they're called "Mortgage Lifters" finally arrive, dumped on the counter like a miner's saddlebag of gold, those two or three months a year, one can't help but imagine how to prolong such erotic pleasures of the tomato flesh.
With Kosher salt, fresh cracked pepper and a mason jar, the sweet tantric flavors of late summer last into the winter.