Father's Day Meal

So I know I'm a little late in posting this but I would be remiss if I didn't mention the wonderful meal that we had on Rich's first Father's Day. While it may have been the first time Rich celebrated Father's Day as an actual Father, it really wasn't much different than Rich likes to celebrate every holiday where he has control over the menu.....which means we had steak. And, not just any steaks, we had 2 inch thick 28 day dry aged porterhouses from Hind & Fore. The picture below gives some indication of the meat-a-palooza we were going to have.

To answer any question - we did not consume these steaks alone - it was 1 per couple and two smaller "charcoal" steaks for my 10 & 8 year old nieces. We started the late afternoon off "light" - with 3 different kinds of cheese (Brillat Savarin Fraise, Goat Gouda, & Tarentaise - a raw alpine cow's cheese from Vermont) & some fresh Jersey tomatoes & mozzarella (clearly Cheese was also a big focus of our menu). Then, on to the main attraction which was some squash from our recent CSA delivery wrapped in prosciutto & grilled, some early season fresh Jersey corn (wrapped in tin foil with a little butter, some salt & pepper, & a drizzle of water - then grilled), salt potatoes (basically new potatoes that are cooked in obscene amounts of salt....shockingly good)....and the meat. Needless to say, we were stuffed. And I think Connor enjoyed watching his daddy become even happier in "meat-nirvana". Just to give an idea of how the steaks were cooked:

All of this ended with some home made vanilla ice cream & strawberry sauce made from the local farmer's market berries.

Needless to say, I think Rich had a very good....and very filling....first Father's Day!