A Two-Week Nosh.
I’ve spent the past two weeks at my in-laws’ place. My mother-in-law is a wonderful cook and generally great fun; we had a grand old time in the kitchen (in addition to a grand old time hiking, biking, swimming, and driving a beat-up Jeep along the beach).
Some food highlights: oysters, all local, including oysters my MIL could identify by sight (”Those are West Tisbury oysters; they always have those weird shells.”); meltingly-ripe heirloom tomatoes with balsamic vinegar; perfect just-picked sweet corn; puff pastry shells filled with lemon curd and pistachios; cannelloni and osso bucco; fresh sweet hardshell lobster (this one attacked me post-mortem, leaving a half-inch cut on my hand, but it was tasty all the same); crabcakes; crisp roasted fingerling potatoes.
The two weeks was topped off with a fabulous dinner at the Sweet Life Cafe - more heirloom tomatoes, delicately flavored duck breast, cool, delicious potato salad.
If it weren’t for my cats, I might never have come home.
September 27th, 2004 at 9:07 pm
Hello, I am a relative of Nat’s (actually his aunt). I recall many fabulous things that
his mother cooked. I still sometimes make appetizers with the cream cheese pastry (filled
with spinach or chicken livers) that was a recipe of hers. If you are all busy cooking &
eating, I trust you are well. Best wishes.
September 28th, 2004 at 11:57 am
Hello! Glad you found us. I’ve heard a lot about you. She’s still a marvelous cook, but I’ve had very little luck extracting actual recipes from her. :)
September 28th, 2004 at 12:47 pm
Hey, I have trouble getting recipes from her and I’m her only son.
Mostly she’s just forgetful.