Michael Pollan

Ooh, I'm here and so excited- 3rd row!! I brought The Omnivore's Dilemma with me and feel like I'm back in grad school. Do you think MP would judge me for having seltzer, a farmers market apple and brownies (homemade! Gourmet!) for dinner?Only bummer is that I appear to be seated next to a rather masculine-sounding, chatty guffawer. Don't y'all hate when people talk in movies? I hope this gal doesn't do that here!

As expected...

the cape just does not work on me. I look rather like a bat with ill-fitting wings. Alas. Tonight is the Michael Pollan presentation, and other than the fact that it doesn't start until 8p (people, this is when I start winding down for the night), I am very excited to hear him speak.

It's another gorgeous day here. I'm not sure how much cooking I'll be doing as the leftovers situation is getting out of hand in the fridge, but it is Dining day in the NYT so at the least, I'll probably have some ideas for soon-to-be-made meals.

White beans and cabbage

Doesn't all this look good. I just love this conical cabbage and am sad only that the beans' speckle fades as they boil. Ah well, this will be a lovely dish. One of my spice purchases today was a tin of black mustard seeds which are called for in the avocado salad I'm making. Mmm... and the chicken paillards... I think tonight's meal will surely trump that from yesterday. Blarg.

On a completely different and inconsequential note, I ordered a cape/poncho thing and it arrived today. Thus far, I am intimidated to even try it on. It's very handsome, mostly saddle colored and edged in black, and when I see others wearing similar pieces, I always think they look so great. But I couldn't do vests and I can't do hats, and I'm thinking the cape might fall into one of those "it's just really not me" categories. We'll see.