Lenten food. I should explain

Lenten food.

I should explain the meatless dishes. I am normally a huge fan of meat, particularly pork, but have been offering meatless dishes in keeping with Lent. I am not going to offer dishes that conform to Eastern Great Lent, because I figure that if you want a penitential fast that severe (no meat, fish, dairy, oil), then you probably only want it to be palatable, not tasty, so you boil whatever you're cooking with some lemon juice and salt. No need for a recipe there.

I think next week will be salt cod week. I will offer some recipes, and, I hope, others will contribute some recipes.

I will try to suggest music to go with dinner, too. Expect a lot of a capella polyphony from Genovese longshoremen to go with salt cod! [Boy, glad we are not eating at Keilholtz's next week. Poor Melanie!]

For Melanzane Parmeggiana, let me think. I might have to report back tomorrow.