J: Glad you got a good report. Catfish and spinach, yum. Here’s a dish David made for Sunday night. It was roasted eggplant (over a nice fire), lentils, and some veggies topped with sour cream—really good. He admitted a little snobbery when it came to using a recipe but he is letting that go and getting excited about actually following some recipes. Of course after he made the dish he listed all the stuff he wouldn’t repeat or do the way they did it–ha. Me personally, I am just thrilled that he loves to cook and am so happy to be the recipient of whatever he makes. That camera takes good food pics.
Me: Yes, yes it does take good pictures and I am very happy David is giving you such great things to photograph. All cooks struggle with recipes I think. How much of this do I want to use? Should I follow it exactly? (especially baked goods) But I like to think of recipes as ideas or suggestions rather than instructions. I like the way I do things, but I know other people can and will take dishes in different directions and I applaud that. And collaboration is a whole lot of fun. And I’m thinking now of that tapas party we had up there at your place when I visited last year.