A Perfect Breakfast

Monday, October 06, 2008

Breakfast has always been the most important meal at our house, and my wife habitually cooks an impressive meal every weekend: fruit-filled or fruit-topped pancakes, basil omelettes, a smoky hash, improvised muffins.  For whatever reason - perhaps it was the breakfast issue of Saveur - this breakfast surpassed her already-high standards.  Either way, this breakfast was superb: arepas, made with grilled Jersey Corn from the previous night’s dinner and local corn meal from the Fair Food Farmstand; poached eggs and bacon from Meadow Run Farm; and a broiled-tomato salsa from some of the season’s last grape tomatoes. 

I am of the mind that a perfect meal contains a few outstanding (and, therefore, locally-sourced) ingredients used in a way that maximizes their flavor but perfectly compliments each other.  By that or any other standard, this meal was perfect.