intermission: lunch

nothing beats a good open face sandwich! covering all the yummy toppings with another piece of bread seems like such a lost opportunity at what otherwise can be a splendid visual feast. having grown up in poland where its all about "open faces", i rarely cover mine up unless i must (i.e. when it forms part of a brown bag lunch and would most likely not survive the bike ride to the library). over the years i've managed to spread the love of open face to many - i even think that it was my daily melt-in-your-mouth brie, sprout and tomato on toasted fresh bagels that really won over my jonny's heart.

i've since relinquished my daily dairy and wheat ritual but today i managed to assemble something that elicited a familiar heart and soul warming, love inducing reaction... enter my new favourite open face: creamy avocado, smoked tofu slices, fresh tomato... all piled up on victoria's wildfire bakery crusty spelt sourdough ... sprinkle some cayenne and coarse grey salt and you are in for a sublime treat!

ps. i've used salt spring island's soya nova tofu shop westcoast smoked tofu, but any smoked tofu will do. also, make sure you avocado is really creamy to emulate that melt-in-your-mouth effect of creamy brie