back in black.

the farmers' market is back. and that means better meals.

last weekend's breakfast: black beans with chard and garlic, fried egg sandwich on baguette, and organic strawberries. yes.

and the CSA starts soon, as well. even better.

on the best note.

jon seemed to think that he could sneak-eat bagels in my economics class every morning, but he always got caught. his inability to ever eat the bagel in a stealth manner became ridiculous (and maybe a little offensive). i suggested, that for the last day, he bring bagels for all of us.

and he did. with cream cheese. such a rockstar.
and yes, i DID eat two breakfasts. i admit it.

also--i made him pose for this photograph; he does not always look so crazy.

life's too good.

my student, nicole, eats a hot breakfast before school each morning. or most mornings. and i am most definitely jealous of her waffles, eggs, and other delicacies.

and! on the last day of class, she brought me my very own hot breakfast: a crepe with nutella. and plasticware to eat it with, and everything.

delicious. it was just so awesome. maybe that's why she is so awesome.

nicole, thank you. for more than just hot breakfast.

bodega.

from today's nytimes, an article about 3 filmmakers who made a short film called bodega which explores the unfortunate food options in the bronx bodegas. they are funny and smart and remind us that, in a city of incredible food, many people lack real choices.

“This isn’t Whole Foods,” said Dallas Penn, after riffing on all the chemically enhanced cakes, chips and beverages he found in a South Bronx bodega. “It’s part foods,” replied Rafi Kam.

But it is totally funny as part of “Bodega,” a short video that explores the meager options that residents of poor neighborhoods have for healthy eating. The video, which Mr. Kam, Mr. Penn and their friend Casimir Nozkowski made in 2006, joined a growing online oeuvre that has brought them cult status as wisecracking social critics who deconstruct the worlds of check-cashing outlets, street vendors and even sugar-laden breakfast cereal.

and the movie itself:

you know,

i am still on twitter if you want to know what i am doing. right now, it's baking for my advanced us history class. they are so lucky.

mostly organic, homemade chocolate chip and oatmeal raisin cookies.

dear reader,

i am incredibly busy. i will return to smashedgoods soon. i promise.

durham, on my mind.

durham, nc is in the process of conversion away from tobacco and towards eating locally. there are a variety of restaurants opening this year that will focus on foods that came from near. in a conversation with a professor at unc, i learned that the state as a whole is really trying to move away from tobacco, that hopefully it will be more lucrative (and obviously healthier) to grow food. rocks.

an example: eno restaurant. the ultimate in farm-to-table dining.

“You’ll be able to get a little brown bag if you thought that was the greatest pork chop you’ve ever had in your life, which it will be.”