He Deserves A Great Shirt For Father’s Day
Hello! We were just in Los Angeles with two of my favorite fathers. I want to show you two shirts that they love, the recipe for the satisfying Via Carota salad and a good meat marinade. It’s Five Faves time with Annie and Cindy.
Great Shirts For Father’s Day
One of Howard’s favorite brands is Southern Tide. So I was thrilled when they gifted us a couple of shirts for their Father’s Day promotion. I let Howard and our son-in-law pick out which ones they wanted…
Casual Short Sleeved Sport Shirt With A Coastal Vibe
This was Howard’s choice the “Ocean Echo Coastal Breeze.” It has cooling fabric technology and UVA protection.
Dressy/Casual Long Sleeve Sport Shirt
Luca (also known as Papa to our grandchildren) selected “The Beachcomber Stripe Sport Shirt.” He can wear this to work or on a date night with Alexandra.
Outdoor Fishing Shirt (even if he doesn’t fish often)
Luca loves this Columbia shirt for boating with us in Florida. Blue Vans sneakers.
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Serve Dad This Salad With A Marinated Grilled T-Bone
When Annie took me to lunch at Via Carota in New York recently. I couldn’t believe how tasty this green salad was. So when our daughter and son-in-law went to the restaurant last week, they ordered the salad and thought it was amazing too.
Recently, the New York Times sent out the recipe for it in an email to us. So, I’m sharing it here. You will need a salad spinner and possibly a trip to the farmer’s market!
The Garden Lettuce Salad My Family Loves
Ingredients
- 2 heads butter lettuce, such as Boston or bibb
- 1 romaine heart
- 1 large Belgian endive
- 1 bunch watercress
- 1 small head frisée
For the Salad Dressing
- 1 large shallot minced
- 2 tbsp plus one tsp. aged sherry vinegar plus additional as needed
- 1 tbsp warm water
- 1 cup extra virgin olive oil
- 1 1/2 tsp Dijon mustard
- 1 1/2 tsp whole grain mustard
- 1 1/2 tsp honey (optional)
- 2 sprigs thyme washed and stripped
- 1 large clove garlic finely grated
- salt and freshly ground pepper
Instructions
- Wash the greens: Fill a sink or large basin with tepid water. Remove any wilted or damaged leaves from the butter lettuce, romaine and endive. Trim each head at the root to release whole leaves.Leave butter-lettuce leaves whole, but halve large leaves of romaine and endive on the bias, then drop into water. Trim and discard any roots and long stems off watercress, and drop remaining leaves and tender stems into water. Trim and discard dark green outer leaves and tops from frisée until only light green and white parts remain. Trim at the root to release leaves, and drop into water. Swirl greens in water, then drain. Wash twice more in cool, then cold, water, then transfer to a salad spinner to dry.Gently wrap in clean dish towels, and set aside.
- Place the shallot in a fine-mesh strainer, and quickly rinse with cold water. Allow to drain, then place in a medium bowl, and add vinegar and warm water. Allow to sit for 2 minutes, then whisk in oil, mustards, honey (it using), thyme, garlic and a large pinch of salt. Taste, and adjust salt and vinegar as needed.
- To serve, gently pile a generous handful of greens into a serving bowl, then sprinkle with salt, pepper and a generous drizzle of dressing. Continue with another handful of salad and more seasoning and dressing, repeating until you have a glorious, gravity-defying mound of salad. Top with a final drizzle of dressing, and serve immediately.
- Wrap remaining greens in an airtight container or plastic bag and refrigerate for up to 3 days. Cover and refrigerate remaining dressing for up to 3 days.
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Meat Marinade For Steak Or Chicken
Have you tried Dale’s marinade for meat? We can get it in Florida grocery stores now (but not in California). It started in 1946 at Dale’s restaurant in Birmingham, Alabama and spread throughout the Southeast. My mom used to be able to get it at the Navy Base in San Diego (probably as servicemen from the southeast requested it).
Most of the time, we use the low-sodium blend.
Outfit Of The Week — Domestic Airport Travel
It’s surprising how comfortable this outfit was for travel from Jacksonville to Los Angeles last Sunday. And when we got to Pasadena, we went to dinner with the kids at a great Chinese restaurant.
white cotton skirt • brown cotton top • my newly inherited mother-in-law’s necklace • Sézane brown straw and leather bag • comfortable sandals for airport walking
Of course for the flight to Vietnam where sleeping is involved, I wore lightweight black cotton gauze pants, cotton tee shirt, gauze long sleeved matching top and compression socks.
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Let’s see what my friends have discovered this week:
Mary Ann, love those shirts! Luca, in their LA backyard, looks more like Europe in the best possible way!
And your travel outfit…so chic, as always!
xo
Great looking shirts on the boys!! Love those sandals
The dang phone interface erased my comment!
You look so cute in this picture! Darling outfit!