Sun Setting On The First Tomatoes

Tomorrow in the garden I'll be taking out the mystery squash, watering, and maybe planting something in the box with the strawberries. 

Tonight, I'll dive further into my book AN EXTRAVAGANT HUNGER: the passionate years of M.F.K. Fisher by Anne Zimmerman.   M.F.K. was a woman who wrote about food and life and passion like no one else and I thought I should read about her with the hopes that it might be of some influence on me.  Today, July 3rd, was her birthday, just over 100 years ago.  She was a woman who only came into her own writing and voice later on in her life, so I have some hope!  

Now, though, with the holiday just an hour away,  I'll wish you a HAPPY FOURTH OF JULY with my VERY poorly styled shot of clams and fresh baked bread from a little road trip I took to Malibu this afternoon.  I tried to place the flag artfully and then just decided on the Mount Everest approach and simply stabbed the bread.   I just couldn't be bothered to make it nicer,  you know, what with the fish and chips sitting just off to the side to devour and my belly crying out for some food!