OMG! This prompt, “Dish”, is so unfair! We’re locked up in self-isolation, hundreds of miles from home, unable to visit our local eateries (which may be closed anyway) and “Discover Prompts” on WordPress suggests we write about food. Argh!!

We have been able to get some takeout that I like (Chipotle Salad) and Zac (my son), Kasey (his wife) and Carly (my daughter) have all made absolutely wonderful dishes over the past few weeks. If you didn’t already know, we are all sort of quarantined at my Son’s house. We came here over a month ago because he and Kasey were blessed with a new baby!

Below is a photo of a dish Carly made a few days ago – Salmon and couscous with lots of really nice and spicy stuff all over the top of it, along with a little spinach.

I DO like spicy! One of my favorite dishes is from a restaurant that was relatively new in our neighborhood just prior to the Coronavirus pandemic, PT Pho. They have a Crispy Calamari dish with some really spicy dipping sauce (Sweet Chili) that is out of this world.

Then there is a really fantastic, small, out of the way restaurant in Boulder, UT, called Hell’s Backbone Grill. It’ll take you ages to get there, but totally worthwhile. One of the dishes I really liked was their Garlic Trio – a small platter with farm garlic purée, grilled spicy garlic & garlic pesto with gruyere crackers, farm radishes and zucchini.

This is really starting to get to me, but I’ll tell you about one more. Earlier this year, just as the Coronavirus was beginning to be more of a thing, I attended a conference in Ajo, Arizona. I lucked out and was able to stay at a little private bed and breakfast which brought me a tray each morning with fresh food – some hot off the skillet or right out of the oven. This example was a green chili burrito. Yummm!

So, today’s blog cheated a little. Rather than describe all the fantastic tastes with words that created the picture in your mind and made your salivary glands ooze with anticipation, I used some photos that I took – those times that I remembered to pull out the cell phone and take them.

Hope you enjoyed it!