Jay came for dinner tonight. This is one of my favorite types of dinner – very homey. The chicken was good – nothing special, just chicken. Flavorful, moist, but not something that blew us away. The bread salad was a big hit (I absolutely love bread salad), as were the tarts. The tarts are very summery and can be made mostly ahead of time.

• Butterflied Chicken Dijon Grilled on a Bed of Thyme (Fine Cooking #79, July 2006, p. 54)
• Bread Salad with Corn, Cherry Tomatoes & Basil (Fine Cooking #52, September 2002, p. 43)
• Grilled Asparagus
• Mixed Berry Tarts with Lemony Filling (Fine Cooking #79, July 2006, p. 69)

Wine: Sapphire Hill 2001 Tom Feeny Ranch Zinfandel (Russian River Valley, California). A decent, everyday Zin.