I have officially made bruschetta around four or five times, and I must say that I'm getting pretty good at it. Unfortunately, I do not have a picture because, let's face it, I was just too lazy to walk to my room to get my camera. But never fear! because I will most likely be making it again sometime very very soon and will definitely take a picture!
I've always loved bruschetta. The concept seems pretty simple and kind of boring (it's basically just tomatoes on top of pieces of bread), but add in some olive oil, basil, and WHAM! it's a mixture of flavor that is just rolling around in your mouth.
I finally got inspiration to make it after watching JULIE AND JULIA. The way that she turns those pieces of bread in the skillet to see it all crisp and brown on the other side just made my salivary glands start working up a storm. Hence, I decided to make bruschetta. I admit that the first time that I made it was kind of fail. I used chibatta (did I even spell that right? sorry, my spelling is atrocious) bread and while I'm not bashing it because it does taste very good, there were just so many holes when I cut it open that it was difficult to fry in the pan. So I learned from my mistake the second time and bought french bread to use. It worked out beautifully if I do say so myself and I've continued to use french bread for the numerous times afterward.
My roommates seem to have attacked the bruschetta, so I would say that it turned out to be quite a success :)
