As if that wasn't enough!

Yesterday, we had to experiment with crepes to make sure we could do it. We made wheat crepes (supposed to be buckwheat, but couldn't find any...), with smoked salmon and a creme fraiche with chives spread. Talk about rich. And good. Technically, a great. And we proved to ourselves that crepes are not that hard to make.

Also yesterday, we visited a local farmer's market. The market has been running for decades. We came home with bags full of produce, including all the makings for salsa: tomatillos, jalapenos, onions, cilantro. We forgot the limes and had to get that at the store.

We made 2 salsas today from "The Great Salsa Book".

"Salsa Mexicana" we've made before and have had good results. The other we tried was "Tomatillo Salsa Verde". And yes, it's green.

Initial results are great, but I reserve final judgment until after they've stewed a bit overnight. Then we'll see. Seems the secret to salsa is ripe, sweet/fresh ingredients. This is hard to find at the store, but at the farmer's market, you are more likely to find good stuff. I was sad to have all these bright, yummy ingredients, and use bottled lime juice. Yuck. Oh well.

We also made some soup yesterday. I thought maybe I'd serve it for brunch, but it was unnecessary. Now we have food for the week - a nice change. The soup is from Fine Cooking magazine (Sept 00) and is consistently awesome (excellent). It's "White Gazpacho Soup", which means it's cold, and not made with tomatoes. It's made with cucumber, basil, green pepper and a kick of garlic - plus a 1/2 cup of really good extra-virgin olive oil. Ohhhhhh so good. I think it's dinner time...