mojosmom

I had such a cute dessert the other night! I mentioned awhile ago that I had joined a CSA (Community Supported Agriculture). They are doing tastings every couple of weeks from the produce available that week. One was this past Thursday. So after telling us we were getting an African vegetable stew and rice pilaf with apricots, raisins and almonds, the chef said, "And for dessert, French fries and ketchup." HUH???? What they did was to slice a pound cake into strips the size of fries (decent-sized ones, not those skinny things you get at McD's), crisp them in the oven, and sprinkle crystallized sugar on top to look like salt. The "ketchup" was strawberry purée. Wouldn't that be great to serve at a party for kids?

I had thought I'd go to Summerdance last night, but I was feeling a bit headachey, and it was threatening rain (which might have had something to do with the headache). When I got home from work, I took an ibuprofen and went to bed. A couple of hours later, I was awakened by a phone call from my kid sister. We had a nice chat, and the drugs and nap had chased away my headache.

Today, I went to a memorial service at the Newberry Library for Franklin Rosemont, Surrealist, anarchist, unreconstructed leftie, and publisher. He and his wife, Penelope, helped me find a home at the University of Michigan's Labadie Collection for the letters and other papers of my maternal grandfather that my mother had in her possession, so I wanted to pay my respects. It did go on and on, though. Nearly three hours!

Came home and had some luscious sweet corn for dinner!