before texas, jejuneness.

september 22:

• cauliflower with oyster mushrooms, olive oil, and dijon
• salad of red-leaf lettuce, goat cheese, tomatoes
• perfectly fried egg
  

september 21:

• whole-wheat pasta with fresh basil, tomatoes, and garlic
  

pretty simple. but tacos were on the horizon! i couldn't think.

sometimes.

sometimes, i read a friend's twitter, secretly.*

anyhow, he posted a link to page of food policy blogs. (so meta. a link to link of links.) it's pretty interesting, if you desire supplemental information. i like blogriculture.

* i am under the impression he does not read my blog.

mikey likes it.

i think it's ok that the mayor eats what he wants. i don't know why everyone is giving him such a hard time. see the nytimes article here.

i eat what i want, too.

the bounty.

oh god. i went to the farmers' market today. it was so incredible. and many conundrums, as i wanted to buy everything. there were a variety of beautiful colors and smells. just delightful.

• 3 bell peppers: purple, red, orange
• 4 tomatoes
• 1 japanese cucumber
• 3 serrano peppers: red, green, purple
• handful of okra
• 1 head of cauliflower
• 1 round purple eggplant
• 2 yukon gold potatoes
  
• 1 bunch basil
• 1 oyster mushroom (bigger than my hand!)

also, some locally-made goat cheese. i wonder how the obamas fared in the white house farmers' market.

last weekend.

the breakfasts of last weekend.

saturday was pretty boring: a sandwich of heirloom tomatoes, sprouts, and hummus on this bread that i hated. (and then i had to get through the entire loaf before i could try something better. infuriating.) thank god for spicy thai kettle chips and carrots.
and this is practically a hangover delight, though i was not hungover. yum = fried egg on toast with cheddar, orange tomatoes, and black beans with jalapeno, onion, and garlic.
this week's bread is the organic catskill wheat bread from bread alone. always a winner. sometimes branching out is not worth it.

edible.

i really like this website: edible geography.
smart, clean, beer and pigs.

toxic waters.

the nytimes is doing a series called "toxic waters."
the topics of note:

• agricultural run-off is the biggest source of water pollution. yes, e. coli. and more.
  
• more pollution since the clean water act. few companies in trouble.
• herbicides and atrazine and the question of chemicals in growing crops.
  
• people in AMERICA that cannot drink the drinking water because it is so dangerous.
• an interactive feature to find out who is polluting your water.

also. bottled water companies are capitalizing on this moment to sell you more water in plastic.

we hate the word "moist." i certainly do and michelle does, too. so there.

good did an entire issue on water. maybe i mentioned this before? it is pretty impressive.

and, yes that IS a glacier in iceland in that photo. thanks for asking.