Home At Last! with Patty Gironda

  This time of the year you can usually find me in one of three places . . .(listed according to preference) 1. At the bottom of the pool! 2. In my boat-cruising back roads-hunting for good food! 3. Grilling on my Sears Infrared Grill. On a good day I get to do all three. Today will be one of those perfect days. I have already donned my bathing suit, I am about to apply red lipstick and I have a pork butt thawing for bbQ! AQUAGirl Lives!

      Ron and I spent a pleasant evening in the kitchen. Ron peeled and juiced the last of the lemons while I prepared a simple dinner of grilled tandori chicken, steamy brown rice with plump peas and carrots and sweet potatoes enhanced with pinch of ground coriander. With a half cup of the Tamarind sauce made the day before, I created a fragrant peach sauce with the addition of a simple emulsion of carrots, cilantro, shallots, garlic and celery. Chicken stock, cumin and tandori added sultry layers to the sauce as it bubbled in its shiny pot. The addition of the peaches soaked in dessert wine created the perfect balance of sweet, savory and spicy goodness!