Day 142: The smell of the farmers' market (or, possibly, farmer's or farmers... I'm not actually sure what the correct punctuation might be here) in Sacramento is that subtle smell of sunshine and fresh cut grass and honey and joy. It is quite possibly my favorite thing about this town. I always walk away loaded down with fresh tomatoes, and always a little gem I hadn't been looking for. This time, it was a handful of fresh chives to make chive oil. It's stupidly simple (put a handful of chives, a tbsp of salt, and a couple of cups of vegetable oil in a blender, and then strain out the solids), but it's one of Thomas Keller's signature sauces, and it's delicious on EVERYTHING. I also picked up a couple of bottles of Happy Valley Olive Oil, one for R and one for myself, because it's the best olive oil I've ever tasted, hands down.
I had made duck confit, and R was hoping someone would turn up with delicious food, so that worked out well. We enjoyed the season 3 finale of Sons of Anarchy while dining on duck and roasted cauliflower (also from the market), with the chive oil drizzled over to give a great little taste and also a magnificent emerald highlight to the veg.
It's POSSIBLE that we're the only people on earth who enjoyed that particular episode eating that particular dish.
Life is at its mos
I had made duck confit, and R was hoping someone would turn up with delicious food, so that worked out well. We enjoyed the season 3 finale of Sons of Anarchy while dining on duck and roasted cauliflower (also from the market), with the chive oil drizzled over to give a great little taste and also a magnificent emerald highlight to the veg.
It's POSSIBLE that we're the only people on earth who enjoyed that particular episode eating that particular dish.
Life is at its mos
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