Thursday, June 25, 2009

Breaking and Dipping Bread

Don't you love when you can make something that makes the gathering for family dinner slide up a notch?

Homemade french loaf broken and dipped in olive oil, fresh chopped herbs and spices is considered one of those things at my house. Presently, I have focaccia dough rising for tonight's dinner. The fresh rosemary is resting on the kitchen counter while the red onion is waiting to be thinly sliced, to top this bread in added savoriness.

My mouth waters.

once again ...and even more frozen whiteness

  There is a wilder solitude in winter  When every sense is pricked alive and keen.         --May Sarton ("The House in Winter" A ...