This recipe makes me happy.

Corn & Zucchini Fritter Stacks with Bacon and Avocado.

But that is just a name. It does not begin to describe the joy you will experience when this bundle of cheddar cheese, bacon and avocado layered between two corn & zucchini fritters lands in front of you.

That’s because you pick ‘em up with your hands and eat ’em slider style. I am serving this bit of culinary craziness with some cherry tomatoes on the side. Because you just know some of that goodness is going to slip between your fingers and onto the plate. I wouldn’t want those stray corn kernels, or wayward bacon crumbles to get lonely or feel rejected. The tomatoes will be waiting on the plate to greet them as they drop down. Then in perfect phase-two style, you can pick up a fork and clean your plate in a very civilized fashion!

Can you think of a better breakfast, lunch or dinner? Though truthfully, I can’t even decide what time of day best suits this masterpiece. Because like all great art, it defies modest mores and manners. It sets a bold new direction all its own.

Oh wait, did I tell you there is a drizzle of aged balsamic in there too. Not too much, but enough. Because all “sandwiches” deserve the perfect condiment.

This is Day 4 in my corny tribute to the Sweetheart of Sigma Summer! Sweet on Corn.

I was recently treated to an amazing meal at McCormick & Schmick’s as part of a blogger appreciation evening. And I gotta say it’s this blogger who really should be telling Mc & Schmick’s just how much I appreciated that wonderful meal.

Because we were wined and dined on nine amazing courses (plus an amuse bouche!) as well as sake and 7 appropriate and thoughtfully paired wines!

There was so much to enjoy about the evening, including the company of other LA area bloggers – some of whom I had met before as well as several new friends too. So again, my appreciation goes out to the restaurant because meeting my web-based, food-obsessed kindred is always a great way to spend the evening in my opinion.

However what I am most appreciative about is the learning experience the evening presented for me. Yes, I said learning. I doubt they considered that this to be an educational affair, but it certainly was for me. I was introduced to a new fish, one I had never enjoyed before. The fish was part of the second course, which was a trio of creative sashimi tastes.

One of the selections was called Kono Kampachi Sashimi with Avocado and Truffle. It was a luscious fatty fish served with fresh avocado slices simply dressed with a drizzle of soy sauce and a few aromatic drops of truffle oil. I must say– truffles and fish is a new experience for me. So I filed that information away, and made the trek home– fat and happy!

What would you do if you came home one day to a nice bunch of squash blossoms waiting for you by the front door? No note. No message. No hint as from where they came.

Now let's say you live in the heart of the big city where people of questionable sanity pass you on the sidewalks every day.

Let's also say that you are going out of town that very afternoon. You know those blossoms will have bloomed and faded by the time you return from yet another glamorous weekend in Palm Springs.

Suddenly you are faced with a choice. What would that choice be? Now don't look at the photo or read the title of this post– 'cuz that would be cheating.

Do You:

• A) Drop them in the compost bin, after all you live in Hollywood. Freaks abound.
• B) Assume they are from a nice neighbor with a vegetable patch, and call to investigate.
• C) Make quesadillas immediately before whomever dropped those blossoms figures out what happened.

And just so you know there is only one correct answer.