Meat!

I was re-reading (ok, skimming) my copy of George Marcus's classic "Ethnography in/of the World System: The Emergence of Multi-Sited Ethnography" when I ran across this note in the margin:

1 small onion
chicken bouillon
paprika
black pepper
oregano?
allspice
cinnamon
serrano chile
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tomato juices
mango
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garlic
ginger
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water
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tangerine juice, water
black beans
lentils
smoked tomatoes

I'm not sure exactly what I was getting at, but I interpret the lines as separating stages of preparation, basically "let this cook for a few minutes or reduce or whatever". I'm guessing that this would be a pretty mean black bean / lentil soup.

A year from now, I will look back at my Networking Lab notes and find a shopping list for eggplant parmesan, gorgonzola and arugula risotto, pappa al pommodoro, and mulled wine.

I got crepe-making equipment for Christmas (not one but TWO crepe pans and a cookbook), so I will report back on my experiments with things like chocolate soufflé crêpes, and ratatouille with cheese crêpes, etc.