Rosh Hashanah dinner:

• Arugula and spinach salad with thinly sliced apples
• Risotto with applewood bacon, Braeburn apples and Ragusano cheese
• Nutmeg chicken schnitzel with homemade breadcrumbs from homemade sourdough; served with tangy Pinot grigio applesauce
• Honeyed apple cake

The idea was to drown everything in enough holiday-appropriate thematic resonance that the good Lord would overlook the pork-flavored cheese conceits. And if he doesn’t, well, I’ve still got like a week before they close the Book of Life on me.