Anna Maria Island Diary
Another lazy day in paradise. We are not working today and are just going to cook out by the pool. I drove down to Cortez fishing village this morning and picked up some locally caught red snapper to cook on the charcoal grill. First I will let it sit for a while in some home made lime marinade (a recipe passed on to me by one of the local fishermen's wives). Served with a crispy green salad with sides of large tomatoes sliced & drizzled with best quality italian olive oil and snipped fresh basil. Add some heavenly White Mountain bread from the bakery at the island's Publix grocery store and you will understand why I wrote the first sentence of this blog!

Dessert will be fresh pineapple at the perfection of sweet ripeness, sliced and layered with kiwi and green grapes. A little sprinkling of natural demerara, cover and chill in the fridge for an hour.

As cooking on the charcoal grill is men's work I just need to go to the fridge and take out the salad and the fruit and carry it down. Plenty of time to catch up on "Five Quarters of the Orange" by Joanne Harris.