StephanieL

At 87.

Disappointed that Helen Rosner didn't mention the North Jersey Sloppy Joe, which is basically a club sandwich. https://www.newyorker.com/culture/the-food-scene/the-sloppy-joe-makes-a-kicky-comeback

Have you seen the Kurosawa original?

A recipe that appeared at the end of one of Jamelle Bouie's columns: giant white beans with spinach, tomatoes, and feta. I used the newish RG Peruvian Limas. I thought the 1 1/2 pounds of spinach and 1/2 cup of dill were typos, but you really do need that much. Fussy recipe, but tasty.

There's no brand information on the two we have. I don't know where N got them, though I suspect they may have come from one of those big restaurant supply stores.

Dang. It was always good for a decent meal. NYC Restaurant Elephant and Castle Is Closing in West Village | Eater NY

That's exactly what N uses her chinois for--straining some of the fruit solids off (but not all) when she's making jam.

Lake Tahoe isn't a city per se, though you could have fun tootling around the lake and going into Reno and Truckee.

It's in the high 80s here, so of course my visiting MIL wanted goat stew with couscous last night. Since she and I are being kept apart while the in-laws are here, I had my portion after it had cooled down a little, which frankly wasn't so bad.

Head cold and not much appetite, so chicken noodle soup from our local fancy market.

I managed to find a little farmer's market not far from the Long Beach Convention Center. Let's see if I can successfully get these pluots and figs home tomorrow.

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Leftover store-bought rotisserie chicken and the last of my Carolina Gold rice were turned into chicken perloo.

Did not know that Joel's paternal family were wealthy German Jews who had to flee the Nazis.

He's poisoning pigeons in the park.

Damn, not a good week at all for music.

The Billy Joel documentary "And So it Goes". The first part goes up to his Glass Houses album. I've always enjoyed his music--when he was hitting his late 70s stride, I heard his songs on AM radio constantly--so I've been finding this really interesting.

Amazed that he made it to 76. Ozzy Osbourne, Black Sabbath frontman and icon of British heavy metal, dies aged 76 | Ozzy Osbourne | The Guardian

Maybe, but this was just a horrible accident.

We're experiencing a bout of cool weather here, so the chicken, vegetable, and brown rice soup N made yesterday was most welcome.

Too true.

The American Masters episode on Marcella Hazan, which our own Rancho Gordo had a hand in.

My alma mater decided to move from the FCS (old Division I-AA) to the BCS (or whatever it's called now) a few years ago. I think it's nuts. No way is the program up for the big time, and the school shouldn't be investing the $$ it takes to play that high.

Kedgeree, using tinned smoked herring.

I just read that Ferdinando's Focacceria in Carroll Gardens closed in February, after 112 years in business. It remains the only place I've ever been able to get Manhattan Special as a fountain drink. It may be revived in the fall, per Eater, so let's hope.