Thursday, June 26, 2008

Yes, We Have Bananas...and Tamarind Paste!

After an afternoon lesson on the ins and outs of blogging (thank you, Lindsey!), I was able to make a quick trip to Kalustyan's, a ridiculously well-stocked specialty food store, to snag some exotic "support" ingredients -- including tamarind concentrate -- to heighten the flavors of this week's all-star produce lineup. I'll be working on a hopefully memorable meal for our dear friends and neighbors, Andrew and Robin Halpern, who will be joining us for brunch on Sunday. It will be our last get together before they are brought into the parenthood fold and, who knows, Andrew might just rope me into catering the bris if he likes his meal (if it's a boy, of course)...

This week's box includes red leaf lettuce, carrots, red potatoes, spinach, zucchini, broccoli (which means another shot at Broccomole!), collard greens, Vedalia onions, grapefruit, Valencia oranges, peaches, Red Delicious apples, nectarines, black plums, and yes, bananas.

Stay tuned for more on our pre-baby brunch...

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