What did you eat today?
Breakfast: Grapenuts, Cranberry juice, fresh strawberries
Lunch: Peanut butter and jelly sandwich
Afternoon snack: Ho ho ho! I brought in the experimental peppermint patty tart. Through a heroic effort, I kept secret until 1:30. And there was much rejoicing. There was also a bunch of dark chocolate that other people had busted out to make up for their disappointment.
Dinner: Pasta with fresh tomatoes and basil
Dessert: None. Can you believe that shit?
Breakfast: Grapenuts, cranberry juice, fresh strawberries. Bumper crop this morning
Lunch: Turkey cranberry sandwich from Fat Cat Cafe
Afternoon snack: Coke zero
Dinner: RiceAndBeansAndZucchiniAndCheeseAndFreshTomatoesFromTheGarden. All run together like that. Yummy. I mean, way, way better than it looks. Homegrown tomatoes cover a multitude of sins. Hell, if I called it “risotto” it’d look fancy.
Dessert: Dear, sweet, god this will be the day, forever known as “The Day The York Tart Was Invented.” This started from a conversation at work. We wanted Junior Mints. Someone suggested I get my wife to make a Junior Mint cake. Twitter hilarity ensued. Tonight, she did it. Next week, she’ll write about it. For the moment, we have cake.
Breakfast: Granola with cranberry juice and fresh strawberry. Only one ripe one today
Lunch: Leftover lemon arugula pasta
Afternoon snack: Cookies leftover from someone else’s workshop. Plus some candy. And a Coke Zero
Dinner: Omelet with cheddar, prosciutto, leeks, and fresh tomato
Dessert: Chocolate soda with mint chip ice cream
Breakfast: Granola and cranberry juice. Only one strawberry ripe on the vine today
Lunch: Roast beef sandwich with hummus on Flourarrangements.org bread
Afternoon snack: Candy. And a Coke Zero. I swear, I had nothing to do with bringing it into work
Dinner: Lemon arugula pasta
Dessert: Experimental grape tart with marscarpone whipped cream
Location: Salem, OR
Breakfast: Cliff bar (found in my computer bag)
Morning Snack: Fruit at the meeting
Lunch: Ham and brie sandwich from Wild Pear Catering in Salem, OR. This was a great sandwich. The ham was just salty enough and very flavorful. The focaccia was just soft enough to bite without ruining the sandwich.
Afternoon snack: Frappucino
Dinner: Root beer float
Breakfast: Still feeling the cheeseburger, actually.
Morning Snack: Hummus
Lunch: Picnic sandwich at Kordness Park. Street slide awesomeness.
Afternoon snack: Gelato from Lush. First time going here, and it was pretty amazing. The flavors were interesting and the gelato was intensely creamy, with no iciness at all. The mint stracciatella was a little earthy (from real mint instead of extract) but some love it that way. The chocolate was amazing.
Dinner: Rice and beans
Breakfast: Pancakes. Eliza was at a sleepover, so Tessa got to chose.
Lunch: Pork chile verde burrito from Cactus
Dinner: Quite possibly the best burger I’ve ever had in my life. I have no idea what made this particular burger so good… I didn’t even have a hand in making it. I suspect, though, that it was just a confluence of good things. First of all, I think Ginny just buys really good meat from a real butcher. Lee Iacocca wrote in his biography about trying to get the secret to the world’s best burger out of Henry Ford’s personal chef. Eventually the guy showed him: he started by grinding up a USDA prime New York steak. I don’t think this was that good, but nice meat helps. Then there was the tomato. And boy howdy, but was it a tomato. Homegrown, ripe, juicy, 1/2 an inch thick and as big as the burger. Come to think of it, the meat may have been superfluous in this meal. Anyway, it was a damn good cheeseburger.
Dessert: Chocolate whiskey cake. The final version for flourarrangements.
Breakfast: Homemade granola with cranberry juice and fresh strawberries
Morning Snack: Currant scone from Awaken
Lunch: Roast beef sandwich with hummus
Afternoon snack: There was a tiny piece of plum cake that someone brought in. Also a little leftover chocolate whiskey bundt cake
Dinner: Experimental herb tart. Tessa had noodles.
Dessert: Leftover skillet cookie
Breakfast: Grapenuts with cranberry juice and fresh strawberries
Lunch: Chicken sandwich with hummus
Afternoon snack: Probably some candy or something?
Dinner: Pasta with garden tomatoes
Dessert: Skillet cookie with vanilla ice cream
Breakfast: Homemade maple granola with cranberry juice and fresh strawberries
Morning Snack: Gingerbread shark cookies. Hey, it’s shark week.
Lunch: Chicken guacamole sandwich
Afternoon snack: Chocolate chip cookie from Aroma
Dinner: Grilled chicken with pepper jack cheese and guacamole. Also corn on the cob.
Dessert: A cupcake from a food truck at the food event in El Cerrito.