eating with the fullest pleasure: strawberries

I mentioned earlier the politics, esthetics, and ethics of food. But to speak of the pleasure of eating is to go beyond those categories. Eating with the fullest pleasure — pleasure, that is, that does not depend on ignorance — is perhaps the profoundest enactment of our connection with the world. In this pleasure we experience and celebrate our dependence and our gratitude, for we are living from mystery, from creatures we did not make and powers we cannot comprehend. ~Wendell Berry

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Friday, July 6, 2012

Strawberry Fennel Salad

Here’s a nice, quick recipe for the early summer.

It’s good with or without the chicken.

Salad (toss in bowl)

3 cups sliced strawberries (about one pound)

3 cups shredded radicchio

3 cups thinly sliced fennel bulb

3/4 cup shredded basil

1 1/2 cups walnut halves, toasted

1 pound grilled chicken breast strips

Dressing (process until emulsified)

1/3 cup walnut oil

1/3 cup olive oil

2 T. balsamic vinegar

1 T. roasted garlic paste

1/8 tsp. salt
1/8 tsp. pepper