Weekend Food

I have been in a food funk for quite awhile.  This is somewhat depressing since I enjoy cooking.  I cooked for a potluck a couple of weekends ago, but haven't done much since then.  As summer produce makes its way into the store, I hope my food funk goes away.

To try and break out of the the food funk I made a green bean salad with tomatoes and toasted bread to go with some pasta.

Here are onions and canned tomatoes browning in olive oil and fat rendered from some pancetta.

And the finished dish.

For the past couple of weeks the local Schnepf Farms has been picking their peaches.  I was able to pick up a few this morning.  It still weirds me out that I can get fresh peaches in May.  Growing up in Western New York meant having to wait until late summer (August/September) before that happened.  I have fond memories of being at the Lewiston Peach Festival with my mother when I was a kid.  I didn't go crazy and try to make peach shortcake today, but I did enjoy the peaches after they had a good soaking in white wine.