During my recent trip to NY, I had the great pleasure of a cheese and wine living room picnic with my son and his wife. We made the trip to Whole Foods at Union Square (the center of the universe, I hear) and hovered around the bakery, cheese and meat counters ogling the delicious prosciutto and cured meats, the fresh bread, the tempting cheeses from all over the world. It took a long time to make our choices but we managed to limit ourselves to a reasonable horde.Our feast consisted of Italian bread, a good olive oil, roasted red peppers from Greece, a kalamata olive tapenade, Dijon, paper-thin fresh prosciutto, and 4 kinds of cheese: aged fontina, herbed cheddar, aged provolone, and a double brie. We chose a red from Italy at the Aster Place wine emporium, Fatalone Teres Primativo, that paired nicely with the rustic theme.
The best thing about the picnic was the company and having time to enjoy those simple pleasures with my son and his beautiful wife. But because of my competitive nature, we had to have a Best Bite contest. We tried combinations of all the elements and the winner?
Best bite unanimous winner was aged fontina with a drizzle of olive oil, tapenade, prosciutto and red pepper on a slice of Italian bread. Delicioso!
No farewell picnic would be truly complete without a final pastry from my favorite bakery, so to top it off we shared a pistachio layer cake filled chocolate tulip.
Farewell NYC for now!
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