An earlier departure than I had originally planned meant missing the last two Studio 70 Sister dinners. But Diane kindly sent me the menu and documentation:
“We tried to get rid of the contents of the fridge without complete success. We had zucchini, onion, garlic and provolone fritatta with wilted Kale sauteed with onions and turnip on the side finished off with a brioche roll and Campari spritzer to drink.” 
Sorry the photo isn’t bigger, but the over-all color scheme is so delightful I had to include it. The previous night Diane (this year’s star chef) made incredible beet burgers on a homemade brioche bun. (featured in the photo above) Anyone walking by the house might have heard us groaning and moaning with pleasure as we sunk our teeth into the juicy-red deliciousness, and imagined us up to something else. Just another dinner in Phoenicia. Here’s the recipe although the burgers featured in their picture look like sliders compared to the gigantic ones Diane made.
New recipes are just one of things that we all leave with each summer. Garden wisdom, gossip, laughter, serenity — inspiration! (this is a drawing by Laura of Diane and me on the porch)
But our amazing shared meals illustrate best how I feel after time together in the great stone house by the noisy, rocky river: NOURISHED.
