Friday, 18 April 2014
I often wonder how many person-hours were spent deliberating about the design of product labels. How many people said: do we really need the pitchfork—how many shoppers will even know what it is? And, what’s with the ball-cap? Plus: why is the milk yellow?
Enough musing—me, I particularly like the nostril-spirals.
Thursday, 17 April 2014
Miso soup bloom.
Two days in a row, I watched a cardinal* flit around in the mass of white azalea blooms next to the gaze-boh. Actually, maybe I missed it today because…I really wasn’t watching.
* We’ve had cardinals hang in the back yard (aka garden) in the spring as many springs back as I can remember. Can’t be the same pair….
Wednesday, 9 April 2014
Today’s little adventure was to a likker store.
Bought a new rye. This botanical infusion business is not traditional to rye, so this concoction isn’t typically what I’d buy. The additives thus subvert the conventional.
Plus, the Pow-wow people buy another producer’s rye and add the botanicals and more aging, then…bottle and ship.
See, I added an adventure to the adventure.
Still: tasty. Liking it.
Thursday, 3 April 2014
Street view from a wander of the BoccaLupo neighborhood.
We did Restaurant Thursday tonight. Ate at BoccaLupo, where chef-owner Bruce Logue was a sous chef under Mario Batali at Babbo, among other Italian themed situations.
Okay. I bend to your will: a food picture. I had a wild boar and eggplant cake, nicely crisped, with a lovely, interesting shaved greens salad on top. JCB had the 20 yolk tagliatelle, with goodies.
Saturday, 29 March 2014
We ate tonight at a second-story restaurant with this view across the Apalachicola River and the creeks and whatnot that feed into East Bay. The light was behind us, that is, behind the building, and our view was superbly lit.
Small geography reminder: Atlanta’s Chattahoochee drains into the Apalachicola.
Those bird-dots off to the right are coasting pelicans.
The morning began with heavy rain that tapered to light rain, both under grey skies. As we drove north, we could see a thin layer of blue above the horizon, and by the time we stopped for lunch (a detour into GA to visit Sweet Grass Dairy’s shoppe), it was full out bright sunshine!
Our weather fortune stayed reversed! Great day!
Monday, 24 March 2014
Long-time readers may remember too many posts mentioning my standing desk. Today we tried a variant: the standing picnic lunch.
Saturday, 22 March 2014
I’ve found displays of these giant mushrooms eye catching and alluring for several years, but today, spurred on by an equally curious K, we bought them, and tried them and can report: mushroomy! You have to pare away that base material, with a rubbery texture and sawdusty growth medium embedded. I then cut them into rounds and sautéed them with shiitakes (Lentinula edodes) and “regular” oyster mushrooms (Pleurotus ostreatus) to make a simple side dish. Perfect with asparagus, salad, and this tasty Asian-inspired barbeque.
Conclusion: you will find king oyster mushrooms (Pleurotus eryngii) on my groc list again soon.
Monday, 17 March 2014
Maybe doesn’t look as good as it tastes. Melts in your mouth. Seriously. (Book Club night.)
No flowers today; food porn instead. This is the yummiest flour-less chocolate cake. I’m supposed to get the recipe soon.
I may pass it along. 🙂
Wednesday, 12 March 2014
Police escort brought the Buddie Clydesdales to see us today. They’re in town for upcoming St. Paddy’s day celebrations—I’m suspecting, actually down in Savannah. They got here yesterday. DOn’t know what…hotel…they stayed in!
They actually delivered a small amount of beer, but not to the attending crowds. We heard it was bottled fresh this morning.
I know there’s small beer, but I don’t think slow beer is a type of beer…a brewery yes, but a beer type? Enlighten me?
Tuesday, 11 March 2014
…in a saucer….
Doesn’t this olive oil look like a reflecting pool?
Apparently reflecting pools were developed by ancient Persians. Desert people think of water differently than those living in places with…more water.
It’s just luxe to use olive oil for a reflecting pool unless it’s just saucer sized….