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Ramp/scallion vichyssoise with slivered fava leaves. Seared scallops with jalapeno/red onion/soy relish.

Seasonal.

Broiled swordfish (with thyme from my window garden), and potatoes, ramps and pot cheese.

$5 sez it's Pig Latin.

I knew that, but I'm still confused by "dank."

Post-seder cleanse. Tuna salad in an avocado section and vegetarian caldo verde with ramps.

I survived the seder at my parents' house yet again. My job, as always, is to make the charoset. I was hoping to bring the leftovers home, but my mother left it out of the fridge overnight so...I did not.

Upstairs Downstairs was a big deal in my family when I was a kid.

Are you hearing that as well? Maybe I'll start the ball rolling.

It is my job to be around college students, so I have a front row seat for every catch phrase that briefly takes hold of them. A while back it was "A-mazing," to describe everything. With a mandatory pause between the first and second syllable of the word. Then it was "slay," to convey admiration. "I just got new shoes." "Slay." Now it's "fair," an expression of understanding and agreement. "I'm not inviting her, 'cause she never shows up." "Fair."

I have not been aware of this, but now that you've called my attention to it, I expect to go ahead and hear it everywhere.

You know what time it is? RAMP TIME. Ramp risotto with oyster mushrooms, shrimp and parm, 'cause the rules are, there are no rules.

I stopped in to the Pok Pok Ny pop-up at Superiority Burger and decided to do some interior design work. Whattaya think? Papa San level?

Spice Market. Is she alive now, is the real question.

Hey, remember when Tao opened? A quarter century ago? Neither does Priya Krishna.

A man after my own heart.

https://lifeinablender.net/

That would be good base for the drink I'm working on, the White Lotus, which involves lorazepam, pong-pong seeds and moral rot.

Well, it's got alcohol in it already. A poison. A poison that I ingest on the regular.

I made a Sicilian pizza with oyster mushroom, mozz, parm, sauce and fava leaves. Let's call it a good first effort. It has some issues.

Probably all month. Tip your towel boys.

This is what I call it when I take a shower.

Probably some Austin-specific thing.

(Formerly) live crawfish from Aquabest, and I managed to not drop them on the kitchen floor this time, thus denying my cat a lot of excitement. With over-wintered collards and potato and egg salad.

DOOOOOOOOGE