Did a little snacking and shopping at the Ferry Building Farmer’s Market this morning and came back with both food and honey, as well as a poem about honey.
Had chocolate bomboloni from Boriana. I love chocolate, but I think this would have been better with no filling. The dough, fried and coated in sugar, is tasty, but a little dense. There was just something off about the combination of both the very sweet chocolate and heavy bread.
More on the honey…
Took a walk out to the Ferry Building this afternoon and had a salame and cornichon sandwich on crusty bread smeared with French butter from Acme Bread.
Btw, it’s official, I’m moving to San Francisco in less than a month! We now have a place to live but have to sell the house in Rhode Island. Wish us luck!
I’m trying to use up the food in my pantry so I finally got around to cooking my box of soybean pasta. A co-worker made some a while back and brought in the leftovers and I didn’t taste that much of a difference in her dish (though she used a strong pesto sauce), but did notice that this pasta has a much chewier consistency than regular pasta.
I made up a quick pot of tomato sauce with garlic and basil and some turkey meatballs. I cooked the pasta even longer than suggested and it was still quite chewy. After letting it sit in the fridge for a day in the tomato sauce it softened a bit, but still a slightly chewier consistency (and slightly different flavor - hints of artichoke as well as a subtle nutty flavor) than the typical pasta. And I’ve been eating whole wheat pasta for a while now. Overall, I like the fact that it has 23 grams of protein, but would suggest you make it a day ahead and let is ‘marinade’ in you sauce of choice before serving.
I’m going to try it again, but this time toss it with roasted vegetables and a little Parmesan, as I think that might make a better flavor pairing.
NPR ran a piece today about the famous Iberico Ham. It’s available now in the US, though the acorn fed variety, Iberico de Bellota, is not scheduled to be in the US until this summer at an estimated price of about $90 -120/lb.
I haven’t seen any in Providence, then again I haven’t been looking. I’ll have to try Russo’s in Watertown, as it’s not too far from the office.
If anyone in New England has spotted this treat, drop me a line!
I’ve been nibbling on Spanish cheeses this week. I finished my wedge of Manchego for the lunch the other day, so today I picked up some drunken goat from the Whole Foods Market. I’ve heard this can be hard to find, is that still the case? They seemed to have an ample supply. It’s my first time sampling this goat variety and was expecting a slightly different taste. I love goat cheese, but I honestly didn’t taste that much difference for regular goat cheese. It of course was slightly milder, yet slightly more tangly, and had a creamy, almost Gouda like consistency. Very good, but I was expecting more.
Super Bowl snacks
Fried goat cheese, spinach & artichoke hummus and blanched haricot verts.
Plum tart for dessert
I’ve avoided these little cakesters for a while, but after spotting them on sale, decided it was time to try.
The vanilla filling is a replica of the filling in a classic Oreo. The exterior chocolate cake is moist and dense - with a similar taste and texture to Archway dutch cocoa cookies. The cake makes them even sweeter than the original Oreos, but with 250 calories per 2-pack, you don’t really need more than one cookie to satisfy an afternoon sweet tooth.
Homefries with crispy bits of linguica and buckwheat pancakes.
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