when it's not pretty.

i was not prepared when i went to the farmers' market yesterday; i only had $10. so silly. i had to choose wisely AND i had to make something for a dinner party. damn it, janet.

i will have to go back tomorrow, but here's what i got: jersey tomatoes, broccoli, kirby cucumbers, sunflower sprouts, and a demi-baguette. (and, for the dinner party, i made a salad of red-leaf lettuce, the cucumbers and sprouts, green beans, and cherries, as well as a honey-poppy seed vineagrette.)

for breakfast, i made a fried egg sandwich with havarti cheese on toasted baguette, and ate it with the kirbies (it's an addiction) and cherries. havarti cheese is one of my favorite cheeses. i love that it's like cream. right now, we have havarti with jalapeno peppers. i wish it were spicier, but it is pretty special in general.

today, i improved on the whole meal. i fried the egg in the cast-iron skillet. and! i put the sandwich together and cooked it whole in the skillet. it was toasted in all the right ways, havarti oozing out the sides. and! there was potato salad in the fridge. liz is really into making potato salad these days; this was a spicy-thai version. yum. and! i made a salad from pesto and the tomatoes.

i started to eat before i photographed it. but i am thinking of photographing the food in its imperfect half-eaten state more often. i like the messiness. good food is often not pretty.