- roasted chickpeas accompanied by mixed Spanish olives
- grilled lamb steak (Whole Foods) finished with oil, chopped thyme and lemon; accompanied by roasted potato “chips” (Biintje, from Bill Maxwell’s farm at the Union Square Greenmarket) tossed first with oil, crushed oregano and dried thyme; and grilled red spring onions finished with drops of balsamic vinegar
- wine: Chateau la Fagotte Haut-Medoc 2005, gift of a friend
- kumquats