the great outdoors

The weather has been so nice recently that we've started grilling outdoors here at 28 Lawton. The other night we made fantastic tilapia tacos with pickled red cabbage and jalapenos, grilled onions, and sour cream (we also had delicious refried beans made by the lovely and vegan Veronica, as well as guacamole prepared jointly by Fiona and Brett). I was, however, too hungry and it was too dark to get a good photo, so you'll just have to use your imagination.

Oh, my dog Phyllis has been enjoying her outdoor time as well...
But I mean really---wouldn't you want to hang out in this backyard all day, too? The grass is coming in, the rose bush is leafy and green, we've got daffodils.....

Yesterday we grilled again in the afternoon, and I grilled a Bavette steak. I was introduced to the Bavette cut by a butcher at Marlow and Daughters a few weeks ago when buying meat for a BBQ at Dead Herring. On that day, my friend Edan cooked it to a perfect medium rare. Unfortunately, due to a charcoal-shortage induced snafu, yesterday's steak was overdone. It was still really tasty, but texturally off.

I also grilled poblano peppers, onions, and a baguette and assembled open-faced steak sandwiches with some Jasper Hill Cheddar. Jacob brought hot dogs, and we all had one of each, except for Gabi, who had like a hundred steak sandwiches, because he was "really hungry."