Pork Braised with Vinegar and Bay
A jar of cane vinegar had been sitting at the back of the shelf for three years. This is what it was waiting for.
Eggs Baked in Tomato
July tomatoes cooked down with garlic until the sauce is dark and sweet, then eggs cracked in and the whole thing finished in the oven.
Peach and Cucumber Salad with Fish Sauce and Mint
The Garcias' peach tree was at its peak and I had ten minutes. That was enough.
Zucchini with Anchovy and Olive Oil
Late June at the Tuesday market, the squash past their tender stage, and the woman with the big garden said something I did not catch.
Radishes with Brown Butter and Vinegar
The wind took one bunch off the corner of her table and I was closer than she was. That is how these radishes came to be braised.