two recent epicurious meals

We had this delicious soup for supper tonight. I finally found something good to use up the swiss chard that has been accumulating in our fridge for the past two weeks from our CSA. The recipe is Barley and Lentil Soup with Swiss Chard. The carrot, onion, garlic, basil and chard are all from our CSA (I substituted purple basil for dill in the recipe). I'm glad the weather is getting cooler and I can start making good hearty soups again.

This is a meal in progress--my husband found the ingredients on the cutting board to be so beautiful, he had to stop and take a picture before continuing. The recipe was Linguine with Pears and Gorgonzola Cheese, and he made it for his parents who were visiting us this past weekend. It was a big hit. With a sauce that includes butter, heavy cream, Gorgonzola and Parmesan, how can you go wrong? The pears we bought at the Rochester Public Market that morning, and the Gorgonzola from the wonderful cheese shop also at the market.