Peaches and wine

At long last, the moment I had been waiting for since last fall: great peaches. I was running late Wednesday morning but had a feeling I'd be missing something if I didn't stop at the Santa Monica farmers market. I headed straight for Fitz Kelley's stand (Fitzgerald's Premium Ripe Tree Fruit, right on the corner of 2nd and Arizona). There they were -- gorgeous. I leaned down and smelled them -- a good perfume, even this early in the season. I bought.

After dinner I did my very favorite thing with them, learned from my in-laws in southwest France. With some red wine left in my glass, I peeled one and sliced it right into the wine. I ate them with a spoon out of the wine glass. It's the best dessert in the world.

-- Leslie Brenner