What Would Ina Do?

I was one of those "Man, I wish I were in East Hampton" moods yesterday so I stumbled out of bed and went to my local grocer (just saying this to make it sound more Hampton-y… I went to Costco and Wegmans) for some fresh produce.

I then invited my cousin over for dinner and got cooking!

I made a panzanella salad…

the beginning, tons of basil (YUM), and super sweet tomatoes

I roasted some tomatoes… 

I had a huge box of cherry tomatoes that were not going to get eaten anytime soon, so I tried roasting them in the oven and they were AWESOME.  Just cut your tomatoes in half, sprinkle with olive oil, a little salt and pepper and throw about four cloves of garlic onto a sheet pan.  Bake at 225 degrees for 3 hours and you'll never look at a cherry tomato the same again.  Swoon…  I made a little extra to put on top of pizza, sandwiches, or just to snack on!

I roasted a chicken…

Jeffrey would have been proud.

To wrap up my homage to Ina, I'm working late today, so I was able to kick off the day with a little rainy day brunch…

I will never eat another bagel without smoked salmon and capers again!!!

East Hamptons... Northern Virginia... same thing right?