Stuffed tomato and tapas memories

I've been following the South Beach Diet, Phase 1 this week, so my posts may take a turn for the non-baked goods. (Unless I bake something for someone - you never know.).

This tomato is stuffed with tuna salad and was supposed to be a delicious throwback to The Joy of Cooking - it seemed very 50s America to make.

It looks adorable, but it was a pain to eat and not that good. I don't think I can handle that much tomato. I had even taken the tomato and tuna salad seperately to work, so as to not allow the tomato to become mealy in the fridge, even bringing a paring knife to carve it here. Oh well. The paring knife stayed in my desk drawer to complement the sea salt grinder I keep here. A kitchen away from home!

I did get my ceviche when we were in Florida last week, and it was delicious. In fact, the entire brunch we had on our anniversary was delicious. I had found this tapas place on the internet and it was amazing. I would go back if I'm ever in St. Petersburg again. We had ceviche, fresh bread, a white bean-chorizo-tomato sauce dish (to die for), fried potatoes with a garlic aioli mayonaise, bruchetta. Maybe something else. I also had a champagne sangria - fabulous.