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I made good on my promise to pick up a Town & Country roast chicken on my way home from work tonite. Okay, I lied. I called it in and made my sig-other pick it up since I was still in the office when Town & Country closes at 7PM.

When I got home, I quickly assembled our dinner plates. Town & Country’s cook had thoughtfully carved up the chicken for us so I didn’t have to exert my tired typing fingers. So much white meat for two Silver Lake crackers! The chicken was lightly oven-roasted with lemons, so it was the perfect flavor profile to serve cold, out on the deck, under the trees on a school night in July.

Town & Country’s owner also put together for us a cous-cous salad, grilled vegetables, carrot and garbanzo salad and some fresh greens with blue cheese and grapes. I pretty much love the cous-cous — the golden raisins were about to pop and the spices and chicken broth base are expertly balanced for a light savory salad. The grilled veg may have been sitting around in its vinegary juices for too long but not so much that I didn’t eat every bit.

If it’s late, and you’re hungry on your way home along Sunset Blvd., you can skip the ciabatta from the Jack In The Box drive-thru. Granted, you’ll pay twice the price, but you won’t feel skanky and despicable afterward — nor as JGold writes in this week’s column, will you feel like the Dumbest Man on TV. In fact, you may feel as healthy as if you had just taken a yoga class — without any of the exertion. How’s that for a SoCal fast food promise.

Pauline’s Edna Valley Wines report, particularly her muscat mention, reminded me that I had a cheap ($9.99), cold bottle of Mionetto Moscato in the fridge. I bought it a few weeks ago at Colorado Wine Company but hadn’t had the chance to pop off the metal cap (we used a rubber cork to preserve the sparkle). While the Moscato was a little sweet for dinner, it’s still very light, sparkling and summery — fancy, you might say.

Town and Country got a nice little write-up in Daily Candy LA yesterday. I’m looking forward to checking out the fall and winter menus later this year.

Town and Country Bakery Cafe
3823 Sunset Blvd.
(btw. Hyperion and Lucile Aves.)
Sliver Lake, CA 90026
Tues-Sun 9AM-7PM
323.667.3331

Colorado Wine Co.
2114 Colorado Blvd.
Eagle Rock, CA 90041
323.478.1985