On Saturday, we biked to the outdoor farmers market. It was crowded, because Saturday was also the annual Crazy Legs Run<\/a>. Somehow, I was oblivious to Crazy Legs this year – other years I’ve walked or even run it. It was still nice to get out for a ride. After, I had breakfast<\/a>, and puttered around the house, did a little work email, and made another batch<\/a> of chocolate covered matzoh<\/a>. So I could take it over to Belinda, when we went to E. Wash, so Mark could\u00a0 do a few minor plumbing repairs and I could measure for new blinds, to make up for the vegan buttery sticks batch she made for our late Passover<\/a>. I biked over to Whole Foods while the matzoh cooled and hardened, and got fruit – bananas, apples, strawberries. Lemons & limes (very expensive limes). While we were over on the east side, Mark needed one little washer for the faucet, so we went to the Ace on Willy Street.<\/a> I had to restrain myself from buying a 12-inch cast iron skillet. I only have a 9-inch. It was less than $30 ….<\/p>\n And, oh yea, I ordered some test swatches\u00a0 for the new blinds.<\/p>\n We went out for dinner at Nostrano<\/a> with two bookish friends from Chicago, here for the Caxton Club meeting at the UW Libraries. We split a charcuterie platter, and it was all delicious, especially the two pat\u00e9s – a country and a chicken liver mousse. Mark got the bunny and I got the quail. The rabbit was a Boudin blanc, and it was more like a dumpling than a sausage – light and delicate. There were some pan-browned gnocchi and shredded bunny and vegetables on the side – all really tasty. The quail came on a bed of lentils, that had been cooked with a ham bone, wth some dandelion greens mixed in. Nice meal, nice company. We got asked, politely, to give up our table two hours later, so they could seat the 9:00 reservation. We could all think of times when we wished restaurant staff had done that for us – especially this one time in Denver<\/a>, that Mark remembered.<\/p>\n We came home, and I got into PJs and poured a small glass of Port and watched Mad Men, and then Saturday Night Live. I poured a second glass, and then knocked it down and broke it when I got up to go to bed. I got most of the glass and stickiness up, and then got the rest in the morning.<\/p>\n On Sunday morning, it was rainy and dark, but I was pretty awake at 6:30 so I made the dough for these raspberry pinwheels from the new Saveur<\/em>. Then I went back to bed, until 8:20.<\/p>\n Raspberry Pinwheels<\/p><\/div>\n The pinwheels came out pretty well – they spread a little too much. Probably because I did the thing where you read the recipe, and it says “one egg + one egg yolk” and I put both into the dough, only to read on and realize the yolk was for mixing with cream to brush on the pastries for a glaze to make the sugar stick. Sigh.<\/p>\n I also made a potato, spinach and roasted red pepper fritatta, based on a Tamsin Day-Lewis\u00a0 recipe from the same magazine (not online yet). I forgot to get out the ham and fry some – but we were pretty full anyways.<\/p>\n All day I’ve been feeling the effects of a Negroni and 3 glasses of wine at dinner, plus the Port when I got home … I took a walk, but I’m still not feeling that great. And my right hand hurts – this funny tendon-y pain I get when the seasons change. Ever since 1980, when I broke my hand – and my nose, and bruised my sternum, and had stitches in my knee – in a\u00a0 bike accident. Maybe a shower will help. Then I’m going to try making graham crackers<\/a> for dessert with Game of Thrones.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I took Friday off because I had had two days in the prior week when I worked until 9:00 PM (even though I did work at home on Monday). On Wednesday I had to chair a pretty important meeting. 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