Two More Meals

'More Meals, Please,' has been the consensus lately among the Great Plotnik's vast readership. Here is a plate o' lamb chops with cumin, cardamom, lime and garlic, Tuscan Black Kale with Raisins, a salad of avocado/yellow pepper/tomato/scallion in a lemon vinaigrette, Tabboule a la Plotnique, which uses parsley, cilantro and arugula, and that great thick Pita recently discovered at Samiramis' Palestinian store on Mission St. (Sami also sells spices, including three different kinds of za'atar blends - Palestinian, Lebanese and Syrian.)

These two barbecued pork shoulders were taken off the grill after smoking and baking for five hours, the meat pulled apart and placed in a large platter, then covered with a sauce made from a two liter bottle of root beer which had been reduced to half a cup, plus vinegar and other spices. Pulled Pork is the specialty of Sofia Martin, who is only three, but knows her 'cue. As good as the pork was, the wine was maybe even better -- a classic 2000 Rafanelli Zin being as outstanding as outstanding gets.