Naomi: Cooking for one and for friends



For years now, even before I wrote the recipes in what I think of as my "static blog," Fiftytworecipesfrommymother, at the request of my children, Sarah and Sam, Sarah had been urging me to keep a daily (more or less) record of my cookings--the meals I make for myself in my (surprisingly) solitary life as well as those I make for friends. For whatever reasons, I've never done it.


But, after months of wandering, I've finally begun. As I haven't quite mastered the art of cooking for one, and love throwing together grand meals at the last minute, I have been encouraging friends to call to check on what I might have on hand any evening for a quick meal. Instructions can be found in my entry for March 20th--What's in Naomi's Refrigerator.

This is primarily a record of the meals I prepare for myself and others, accompanied by "mug shots" of the food (when I remember to photograph before eating). Shot by my phone, with no styling, they may not capture their subjects at their best, but so be it.



Thursday, August 16, 2012

August 16th. Zucchini and onion frittata. Amadou and Mariam on the Santa Monica Pier



Debbie and family arrived in Venice last night for son Jesse's Saturday wedding.  Debbie was supposed to come by for breakfast--but her arrival time kept receding.  I'd been thinking we could happily eat the bits of salami, smoked mozzarella, caponata, and roasted peppers that were lingering in the fridge, but decided to augment the spread with a zucchini and onion frittata.  


Although there wasn't much time once Debbie arrived, and also perhaps because I wasn't very clear about my relatively well-stocked larder,  we decided to go with the restaurant option and hurried to Joe's for the excellent $19 course lunch special.

In the evening, before biking to the pier for the Amadou and Mariam concert, I had a fine little dinner of the lunch fixings.  Slices of frittata and a sandwich of salami, avocado, and roasted peppers (I quite forgot the smoked mozzarella, but there were enough flavors to cover that omission.)
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