Californians are petrified of bread.
Whisper from a displaced Iowan met at Warwick’s book signing “Help. Where can I buy good bread here? We LIKE bread in Iowa.”
Results of butter tasting: 1.President, from France 2. Plusgra 3. Land O’ Lakes 4. 365 Whole Foods 5. Kerrygold
Vegetable addiction: Kale
California style taco: Jicama “tortilla” topped with fried cauliflower.
Mistaken (California?) identity: Barbecue that looks like an ice cream sundae
The most fun: watching beet haters become beet lovers
The most popular lesson: making omelettes
The best wine: all of it
The tastiest cocktail: marguerita with black salt
The best taste: fresh-from-the-sea uni (urchin roe)
The biggest surprise: everyone loving rabbit
The luckiest thing: sumptuous swordfish from the bay – San Diegans, you have NO idea how lucky you are!
The best food gift: artichoke fritatta sandwich, at Chinos
The most magical (for someone from Normandy): oranges dripping from trees
The perfect moment: morning coffee, poolside
Jaw-drop moment: the bird-wing doors on the Tesla as they opened (and out came people)
The most gorgeous: view from Mr. A’s
The very best: the friends, the people
- 6 large eggs
- 1/4 teaspoon fine sea salt
- 1/3 cup fresh herb leaves loosely packed
- 1/4 cup finely grated Parmigiano-Reggiano
- Pinch hot paprika
- 1 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil
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Whisk together the eggs and salt in a large bowl just until they are broken up.
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Mince the herbs and whisk them immediately into the eggs along with the cheese. Season lightly with hot paprika.
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Heat the oil in a 9-1/2 inch non-stick skillet over medium-high heat until it is hot but not smoking. Add the eggs, which will puff up, and cook, using a spatula to pull the eggs back from the edges of the skillet as they solidify, allowing the uncooked egg from the center to run out to the edges. When the omelette is evenly set on the bottom but there is still a fair amount of uncooked egg on top, cover the pan and let it cook until the surface of the omelette is nearly cooked through, about 4 minutes. Flip the omelette out onto a large plate, then slide it back into the pan and continue cooking until it is just cooked through, about 2 minutes. Slide back out onto a large plate and either eat hot, or at room temperature.
4 to 6 servings
