Ham Sandwich as Personal Chef
Last week, I had the absolute privilege of cooking a surprise 5th Anniversary dinner for my friends Scott and Christina. Scott emailed me about a month ago with this idea, and I was happy to be of service. The challenge for this dinner was that it had to be gluten and dairy free...which, being a girl for whom butter and flour are their own food groups, gave me slight pause. However, after some research, and discussion with Scott, I realized wouldn't be that hard--tamari to replace soy sauce, potatoes instead of grains, and lots of veggies (which are quite abundant right now). Also, Scott said that Christina had eyeballed some bison tenderloin at the North Market , so the main was easily decided. Bison! How exciting--I'd never cooked bison before! Up first, the salad course: A sugar snap pea and english cucumber salad . It was dressed with a simple walnut and lemon juice dressing, the walnuts being crushed to a paste, and blended with the lemon juice, walnut oil, and fresh d...