My Mother's Day brunch
There was a time when I actually cooked for pleasure, but not so much anymore.
Yesterday, though, I did enjoy cooking brunch for my mother-in-law and a couple of friends in honor of Mother's Day because I had the time to create something nice ...
Not something elaborate, or difficult, but nice.
For me, that usually means turning to Julia -- in this case, her recipe for ramequin forestiere, a cross between a quiche and a souffle with a mushroom filling. It can be prepared ahead and baked at the last minute.
The Waverly farmers market made the rest of the meal easy. Gardener's Gourmet has beautiful mixed greens this time of year, and the folks there throw in a few bright pansies for good measure. (Yes, they're edible.) A simple dressing of lemon and olive oil was all the salad needed.
I got a baguette from Uptown Bakery and North Carolina strawberries from one of the stands, which went with diced fresh mango and mango sherbet from Eddie's. (Once upon a time I would have made the sherbet.)
We drank a golden Terre di Tufi from Tuscany that one of my friends brought, and we started with mimosas.
That's probably as much cooking as I'll do all week.
Comments
Yours sounds wonderful. I am going to look up that recipe. My extended family had a male-prepared pot luck on yesterday. The men did their specialties and it was delicious. Disjointed but delicious! My favorite dish was the banana pudding which had a base of home made pudding. Very impressive. Hope others also enjoyed the day no matter what they did to celebrate.
Posted by: Regina | May 14, 2007 8:20 AM
Elizabeth, I reside in South Florida and will visit Baltimore in August 2007. Have you written a column indicating your favorite restaurants, and if so can I access them on this site? Also how far is Elliott City and Columbia from Baltimore and how long would it take to get there?
Posted by: Robert Blake | July 19, 2007 6:17 PM
Elizabeth, I was hoping you could pass this information along to your readers. The Oregon Grille is accepting reservations for Mothers Day. We will be offering our full brunch and dinner menus, with outside seating available . Thank You.
Posted by: Victoria, Marketing Director | April 15, 2008 8:31 PM