T - 24 hours

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Just under 24 hours until the opening bell rings at the Circle Yoga Arts Market. I've awash in jams, pickles, chutneys, savory spreads, scones, spiced nuts, vegan chocolate bark, pies, collard handpies and these darling lemon-glazed lemon cakelets. The prep has been tons of fun, but tomorrow will be even more so. Hope to see you there!

 

Grilled Caesar Salad, highbrow crunch bar

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I had an urge for a Caesar salad tonight but wanted it with a twist. What if I grilled the whole thing? The romaine and bread were a snap, and both are always delicious hot off the press. I cut the tomatoes in half, scooped out the innards and gently cracked an egg into each of two halves. On everything I brushed a garlic-anchovy-olive oil mixture that I'd cooked over medium-low heat for a while. Yum! Now, unfortunately, the eggs didn't soft-boil in the way I'd expected so I dumped the hot yolks into the anchovy oil, whisked effusively and made the dressing out of that. The grilled tomatoes were yummy, and atop it all I shaved Parmesan. Overall, a creative, tasty dinner despite the slight egg failure.

In the meantime, I made two pounds of this incredible caramelized rice-dark chocolate bark. Delicious. Come to the Arts Market Saturday if you want some!