On a hot August night, we joined Richmond and Annette at their beach cottage for a light dinner.

The weather had been threatening all day. It was a Saturday, and by rights Lorna and I should have been somewhere beyond Montpelier or Litchfield, but we stayed home and planned for a Sunday drive. That was very successful - details soon!

So we went out to the cottage for a light summer dinner:

•  Three Cheeses from Spring Day Creamery, ME to start, then
• Shrimp Tahiti and garden-fresh tomatoes with Lemon-Walnut Mayonnaise for dinner, and
• Grilled white peaches to finish

We started with a nice French Chablis, but all good things come to an end. When the wine ran out we were forced to open up the Rangpur for Gin & Tonics.

Everything was cooked on the grill, keeping the cottage cool. As you can see from the photo at the top of the page, the beach breezes were never far from the kitchen table!

The dishes were all simple, but they were made with quality ingredients so there was no sense of cutting corners. It was an excellent dinner for a hot, unsettled August night!