Many years ago, on a trip to France, I developed a mild obsession with verrines, after I sampled them in a local restaurant. Come to think about it, the entire trip is just a distant memory, except for the verrines part. “Beautiful”, “vertical”, “architectural”, “layered”, “textural”, “intriguingly composed” – I’ve seen about gazillion adjectives used to convey the true idea of a verrine to a layperson. And yes, they are all of that, but most of all, they are HANDY! The verrines are a party dish of all times. The smoky heirloom tomatoe verrine salad is one of my summer party favorites.

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