John is gone. He has up and left town and has the nerve to be on vacation. Now this should be upsetting and I should be missing him like crazy, but…..
The first day he left, I got to play window display. While I was napping on the couch to recover from having to use my brain and crawling around the window ledge the buzzer rang. It was JP at the door with all of the ingredients to cook me a fabulous dinner.
Now believe me, for him, this was a very simple thing. I gave him some challenges because we have no salt, sugar, butter,cream or cheese in the house. This was simply not acceptable for this French man (I think butter and cream are as necessary as oxygen). However he made do, and then made this.
The chicken is cooked with several different types of olives, spinach and asparagus. The salad on the right is fennel with grapefruit.
Great company and conversation coupled with good food. His business is called Maison Cote. On top of creating the most amazing spice blends, rubs and oils, he also give cooking classes on how to use them and has a million good food and entertainment ideas. His product list will have you drooling.
A note to JP….many thanks, Toni and I enjoyed the left overs for a fabulous lunch on Monday.