things to be happy about food

• thick slices of radish, pepper, and sweet butter on sliced French baguette
• fiery curry and chilled lassi
• homemade bread, cooling on racks on a sideboard
• Virginia country ham served over cornbread and covered with maple syrup
• bruschetta and Caesar salad
• lobster pounds and clam shacks, pick-your-own berries and local corn, Whoopee pies and Italian sandwiches, baked bean suppers put on by churches or civic organizations
• aphrodisiacs: asparagus, caviar, eel, garlic, ginseng, honey, lobster, parsley, oysters, peaches, truffles
• strombolis
• a frosting flower on your piece of cake
• baked bean soup
• chicken pot pie in puff pastry
• garlic bread for dinner
• chicken enchiladas with pepper and tomato salsa
• Grandma's Swiss steak