Meal Photo-Blog, Tuesday, Jan. 4: Dinner

Meal Photo-Blog, Tuesday, Jan. 4: Dinner

Meal Photo-Blog, Tuesday, Jan. 4: Dinner

Outrageous experiments in sensible eating.
Jan. 4 2011 8:00 PM

Meal Photo-Blog, Tuesday, Jan. 4: Dinner

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A salad dressed with olive oil and salt; whole-wheat baguette slices; and homemade seltzer with a little orange juice.

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Can I tell you about my favorite olive oil ? It's from Frankies 457 restaurant in Brooklyn. (Yeah, that's the punctuation. It's two Frankies, no possessive.)

Yes, it's expensive. But I used to buy small bottles of less expensive oils, use them twice, and then they would go rancid. We use every drop of Frankies' oil it can take a month, or longer, to go through a 1-liter bottle. The taste is phenomenol every time. It's got a little kick to it, but eating it actually makes you feel good.

OK, commercial over (sadly, I have no financial affiliation with Frankies).

Ellen Tarlin is a former Slate copy chief and writer of the "Clean Plate" blog. Her essays have appeared in the Boston Globe, the Boston PhoenixBrooklyn Bridge, Bark, and  the RISK storytelling podcast. Follow her on Twitter.