at the farmers market: peppers

Dear land from the giant speakers of all man

Time from the swollen mountain tops
The stolen sun thoughts the solar wind chimes

To ring the morning the morning up

O ring the morning the morning up

O I heard your voice in Dresden

And now it follows me everywhere
“I Heard Your Voice in Dresden” by Elvis Perkins

Some of my favorite [...]

house vinaigrette

My mom would give me twenty and say “stay out till dawn”

When her boyfriend was over and they wanted me gone

I would walk through the woods to the old graveyard

And roll my own Tops and think two kinds of thoughts

Are we high enough to clear these trees

I don’t know
“Pittsburgh” by Mason Jennings

This is my final [...]

cheese curds

All you gangsters and rude clowns

Who were shooting up the town

When you should have found someone to put the blame on

Though the fury’s hot and hard

I still see that cold graveyard

There’s a solitary stone that’s got your name on
“Complicated Shadows” by Elvis Costello

I miss Wisconsin cheese curds dearly. I miss the cheddar flavor, I miss [...]

chopped salad

The only girl I’ve ever loved was born with roses in her eyes

But then they buried her alive one evening 1945

With just her sister at her side and only weeks before the guns

All came and rained on everyone now she’s a little boy in Spain

Playing pianos filled with flames on empty rings around the sun

All [...]

pickled jalapenos

The dancin’ in the valley, the moons the mirror ball

Blew open my mind now it’s an empty room

Swingin’ in the hammock, dogs are walkin’ cross the roof

I watch you braid your hair, you’re from another time

When the earth wasn’t so angry, and god was on our side
“Temazcal” by Monsters of Folk

They go well with nachos, [...]

at the farmers market: jalapenos

A kitten on fire
A baby in a blender
Both sound as sweet as a night of surrender
I know it ain’t easy but you do what you can
If your livin’ gets weezy you can follow this plan
“Into the Woods” by My Morning Jacket

Well, not really at the farmers market but from the front yard garden.  [...]

best present ever

It always seems like you’re going somewhere

Better than you’ve been before

While I go to sleep and I dream all night

Of you knocking on my door
“That Look You Give That Guy” by The Eels

Thanks to all for the birthday wishes.
This sausage log, a two pound thirteen ounce bundle of cured meat goodness was sent by my [...]

bread pudding with bourbon sauce

This ain’t no party, this ain’t no disco

This ain’t no fooling around

No time for dancing, or lovey dovey

I ain’t got time for that now
“Life During Wartime” by The Talking Heads

The first time I remember having bread pudding was in college…ahhhh yes college…
I went to school in La Crosse, WI at the University of Wisconsin, La [...]

zuppa toscana

Ain’t nothing cool bout carryin’ a strap

Bout worryin’ your moms and buryin’ your best cat

Talkin’ bout revenge while carryin’ his casket

All teary-eyed bout to take it to a mattress

I’m talkin’ bout music I ain’t talkin’ bout rap
“What We Talkin’ About” by Jay-Z

I’m not really sure how authentically Tuscan this soup is because I don’t know [...]