When we explored those charming villages and small towns in Alsace (here and here), I noticed the many beautiful old gates. Doors or gates and windows are objects I love to photograph and of course I couldn't resist that urge with all this beauty right in front of me. I chose the ones that I liked the best for this post.
Not a gate, but a door and shutter next to each other was decidedly my favorite. I don't know what it is that I like so much about it. Maybe it was just how everybody walked past it without noticing this beauty.
... and some were even smaller.
I had planted my tomatoes - and other veggies - rather late this year, after we had come back from Germany. Therefore, my harvest started late as well. But now there are fresh tomatoes on the menu.
I made Pasta al Pomodoro. I found the recipe in the NYT Cooking section. It asks for a lot of tomatoes. The dish was good, but when I make it again I will spice it up since it was a bit plain. I think herbs would be wonderful in the sauce as well as more garlic. I served the dish with freshly grated parmiggiano.
If you are a NYT Cooking subscriber, you can find the recipe here. Very often you can't access the recipes without a subscription (it's hit and miss), so I also took a photo of the printed recipe. As you can see, in my kitchen some of the food always lands on the recipe.
