Fish Food

Another night without Todd. He's back from Minnesota but now he has class. In fact, we figured out last night that he won't be home for dinner for another week (next Friday will be the first time). Saturday was his last meal at home, so he's going to be going on about two weeks without a homecooked meal. He doesn't seem to mind. Should I take it personally?

I had a small fillet of some type of fish left over from making the fresh cod cakes (the fishmonger didn't have cod and so suggested a suitable substitute, then proceeded to give me too much of it). I bought a small head of radicchio, tossed it with sugar and salt, sauteed it in some butter, then put the fillet on top, put the lid on the pan and left it to steam. When it was finished cooking, I topped the fish with some leftover fig & olive tapenade. The fig in the tapenade went a ways to counter the bitterness of the radicchio, but not far enough for me. I think the radicchio needed more butter, sugar or maybe a little lemon juice to counter the bitter flavor. Maybe more cooking time. Me and my thoroughly American palate.