a reminder of summer

It's been refreshingly sunny in Toronto recently, not to mention really warm for this time of year. The temperature reached +7 on Monday! For some reason, whenever it's sunny and warm, I think of picnics. And when I was staring out the window on Monday thinking about summery things, I started thinking about a small surprise picnic Nathan had planned back in the summer that involved some really tasty lahmacun (pronounced: lahmaˈdʒun). After being driven around in circles trying to figure out where he was bringing me, Nathan pulled up to a small take-out place called Pizza Pide where we proceeded to have our very first taste of this doughy goodness. We ordered the lahmacun and the karisik, but the lahmacun definitely stole the show. Nathan and I first learned of this yummy Turkish pizza while watching Anthony Bourdain's No Reservations and since then, we've been obsessed! Unfortunately, the sun is hiding again, but my lahmacun craving is still here.

I wonder if Nathan would be up for a chilly winter picnic...