Despite its bitter, sweet, sour and savory elements, it didn't quite come together. Salad of grapefruit, fennel, and beets. Here's another salad with good ingredients that never coalesced into something harmonious on the palate. The ruby grapefruit segments were refreshing and nicely prepared, there were baby spinach and Belgian endive leaves, thinly sliced fennel and well-done golden beets. The cool, freshness of the leafy greens, fennel and grapefruit didn't work very well with the soft, earthy beets.
Jalapeno spoonbread with chevre.
It's perfectly accompanied by a tangy, sour tomatilla sauce. Kernels of corn and diced sauteed red pepper, along with bits Continued from Page 12 of scallions and raw jalapeno, are sprinkled over it. Center City crab cakes. The two crab cakes themselves are very good - lots of crab, mildly flavored, not too much filler. But they are sauteed a little too hard to a darkish brown, and their texture is more dense than fluffy.