Hey, Harper! Why Sunday?

I ABSOLUTELY love Sundays. I did not suffer from Sunday Scaries as a child as school was a refuge and a joy. I love that I have been inoculated by my age, not church, to see Sunday as a day of rest as I grew up in an age when shops and services were closed on Sunday. Sundays are for PBS Mystery, and roast dinner; early roast dinner. Sundays when I lived in NYC were for long boozy brunches that washed away Saturday night. Brunches full of scandal and filling in the blanks of the night before, licking wounds and quieting down.

Now all of those past experiences come together to make Sundays sacred, special, and a time to continue to gather. I like to host either brunch, or a "family supper" - or both! I try to take time to be creative on Sundays. I ignore chores and anything unpleasant. I rest. The fact that I work an everchanging schedule means that I don't get every Sunday off, and that makes the ones I am free ever better!

It's just pleasant enough to sit out with coffee in the sun, but not so warm that cooking a big meal seems insane. This makes Spring and Autumn dinners the best, in my opinion.

This week the menu is for dinner. It's a bit of a pick-and-pluck, as well as an opportunity to do a "fridge cleaner." We are having a Thai-inspired Salmon Sashimi Salad, Blueberry Baked Brie, Crab Cakes with an Apple Slaw, Summer Legumes Frites, Tahini Ceaser Salad, and Lemon Tart. Yeh...it doesn't all go together, but that's just what needs to be embraced with a Fridge Cleaner Supper. Most of the recipes this week are from Candian House & Home.