"Swiss pear," Mr. Zierman said.
"You're almost saying, 'I don't need to use that space.' " And I had to admit, the Swiss pear was nice, too.
The built-ins included an almost floor-to-ceiling pantry 30 inches wide and a foot deep, plenty of cabinets (in Swiss pear, with a matching horizontal grain) and a floating shelf that extended to the foyer, to hold mail and keys.
Entrees were also memorable, especially the seared Muscovy duck breast, served sliced, along with Swiss chard, Bosc pear, a wild rice blini and intense black plum sauce.
Open for breakfast, lunch and dinner daily (with weekend brunch and dinner), Superba Food & Bread's menu will include dishes such as kimchi and brown rice with fried egg, gingerbread pancakes with spiced pears, pastrami and Swiss cheese sandwiches, pirogis with smoked potato and Jarlsberg, smoked turkey pot pie, beef rib pot roast, rhubarb pie and root beer floats.
Vegetables, apples, pears and strawberries were modeled using the Swiss agricultural standard production scheme called "integrated production" as described elsewhere.
Other creative entrees include a Kobe burger, stacked with frizzled onions, bacon and Swiss cheese, which was rich and satisfying — as was a special of pan-seared pork loin stuffed with roasted pears and Gorgonzola.
Requested he keep a food journal and how he felt at the time: 1 apple, 2 pears, 3 plums, 4 strawberries, 5 oranges, piece of chocolate cake, ice cream cone, pickle, slice of Swiss cheese, slice of salami, lollipop, piece of cherry pie, 1 sausage, cupcake, slice of watermelon, 1 green leaf.
