Yianni and I had a delicious dinner for two last night. We grilled a Delmonico steak seasoned with garlic pepper. It’s easy to make a seemingly ordinary week night dinner more special. Take some time when you set your table. Use cloth napkins. Open a nice bottle of wine.
We also grilled zucchini. Just brush the zucchini with good olive oil and season with garlic pepper and salt, then put it on the grill with the steak. I dressed a bowl of quartered tomatoes with organic extra virgin olive oil, salt and pepper. All of the tomatoes were fresh from my garden and picked that day. Be sure to dip into the olive oil with a chunk of crusty multi-grain bread fresh from your favorite bakery.
Here’s a photo slideshow of our Delmonico steak dinner for two.
What do you do to make dinner special for your special someone?
It has been very hot here in Michigan this month with temperatures in the 90°s. Although it is hot and I am grateful for air conditioning, my garden is loving all this sun. It’s absolutely glorious! Here is my photographic proof.
Look at my daylilies. I wish I could cut them and bring a few of them into the house, but if you’ve ever tried that you know it doesn’t work.
I love daylilies.
Raspberries are ready to pick.
And I think I am going to have quite a few tomatoes come September. More photos of my garden in 
Photography is only allowed on the grounds, not inside the house that was designed by Albert Kahn to resemble a cluster of Cotswold village cottages. Here’s me doing my best to pretend for the camera that I live there! Jens Jensen designed this, at the time, modern landscape. I tried to capture the incredible beauty with my camera. 
