Farmer's Market Time

We went to a local farmer's market for the first time this year. We didn't buy that much actually, Andrew and I were too overwhelmed and plus, I forgot to bring a shopping bag. Doh. But we came home with a bunch of honey sticks (orange blossom flavor), a half dozen eggs (Andrew doesn't believe me, but last year I bought some eggs from the farmer's market and I almost fell over at the difference in taste. SO much richer and buttery tasting, they were amazing!), and a bunch of organic asparagus. Oh and a small bag of Pink Lady and Fuji apples. Those also taste so much....MORE than what you find at the store. It's the same taste, just amplified, I'm telling you.

So for one dinner this week, we will be having scrambled eggs, with biscuits, and a side of asparagus. I am really into this idea of Very Simple Eating. I've been reading 'The Kitchen Diaries' by Nigel Slater, and I'm here to say, it has totally changed how I view dinners. And the recipes! I'm going to be buying it after I return it to the library, because I want to make nearly everything in the book, which doesn't usually happen to me with a cookbook. You know, where you want to make EVERYTHING??

I've realized that more than eating food, more than making food, what I really want to do is READ ABOUT FOOD, which is why I think I own so many cookbooks and food memoirs.

I've also been bookmarking pages from Nigel's book 'Ripe', which I already own. I am officially Obsessed with Nigel. He's my new British food writer BFF, surpassing even Nigella (gasp!) and Jamie. Nigel is the man. 'The Kitchen Diaries' is just incredible. I mean, one night he cooks up a bunch of mushrooms in butter, wine and olive oil, and then serves it on toast. It's all too fabulous.