86 grapes cracked pepper Recipes

red onions, finely diced, olive oil (okay to substitute grape seed oil), dried mission figs, sliced (or other varieties of figs such as calmyrna), brown sugar , packed (i tested muscovado for a change), sherry wine vinegar or 2 tbsp apple cider vinegar, fresh baby spinach leaves, feta cheese, crumbled, hazelnuts, toasted and coarsely chopped, cracked black pepper

lettuce leaf (to line the platter) (optional), grape tomatoes (yellow , orange, red, etc.) or 1 pint heirloom tomato (yellow, orange, red, etc.), lemon cucumbers (your choice to peel ) or 1 small cucumber, diced (your choice to peel), feta cheese, cubed, white balsamic vinegar (my addition), extra virgin olive oil, cracked black pepper, fresh lemon verbena leaves , cut into ribbons (not dried!)

baking potatoes , like russets, from idaho, peeled, sliced, into 12 pieces about 1/2-inch thick, punched out with round cookie cutter, smallish purple baking potatoes from idaho, peeled, sliced, into 12 pieces about 1/2-inch thick , punched out with oval cookie cutter, tiny red new potatoes from idaho, left whole, olive oil, for light coating, extra virgin olive oil, red wine vinegar, capers, picked thyme leaves, garlic, crushed, salt and freshly cracked black pepper, vine-ripened yellow tomatoes, extra virgin olive oil, red wine vinegar, fresh garlic, salt, red pear tomatoes, halved, yellow grape tomatoes, halved, mixed red and yellow currant tomatoes or small cherry tomatoes, basil chiffonade, soft fresh goat cheese, basil oil*, for garnish, basil sprigs, for garnish

lobsters, sweet corn , cut from the cob, butter, olive oil, cracked black pepper, salt , to taste, vanilla oil , recipe follows, rosemary ginger vinaigrette , recipe follows, vanilla bean, split and scraped, grape seed or canola oil, stalks fresh rosemary, ginger root, peeled, garlic, peeled, honey, rice wine vinegar, soy sauce, peanut oil, a few drops sesame oil