octological

So it's been over a month and that's lame.

Unexpectedly good: liverwurst and ginger sandwiches, openfaced on rye.

Also try sweetbreads w/ bacon and granny smith apple a la The Oakroom's New Year's Eve menu. They paired this with a nonobjectionable Riesling, which I find to be a rare and lovely thing.

All I want to talk about is food. I'm so hungry, and my dinner won't be ready for an hour.

Edited to add:
Dinner! Sauteed kale topped with brown rice topped with half-mashed blackeyed peas topped with a poached egg. Decent. Kind of a southern girl bibimbop. (Ever vortex poached an egg? It marginally helps the egg hold together, but it makes the process much more enjoyable. The child in me is just more excited to eat a swirly egg.)

Why don't I ever take pictures of my food for you guys before I eat it? Because it tastes much better than it looks.

And I made a stellar lasagna last week. My boyfriend even ate leftovers, and in almost all situations the word leftovers makes him gag. I replaced half the ground beef in the recipe with hot Italian sausage and made the sauce from canned whole fire-roasted tomatoes instead of tomato sauce and tomato paste. Always use the best cheese possible in lasagna. I swear cheese was half the cost of this thing.

And I bought doughnuts on the way home! Cheers to the hole-in-the-wall Brooklyn luncheonette with the killer crullers.

I'm brewing kombucha. Pictures to come.

I'm so much more talkative after I've eaten, but it's still all about food.