@ipsidixit, how do you know about a stall in an obscure food hall in a minor California city, like Paradita? Do you live in the East Bay?
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We own homes in the greater Sacramento area, as well as Sonoma.
So we are up in that part of the state quite often. And for reasons still unknown to us we often find ourselves in Sebastopol more often than we can explain.
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Cool, thanks.
Kale sweet potato salad garnished with sunflower seeds. I’ve been loading up on healthy foods for breakfast and lunch today in anticipation of the popcorn I will be having for dinner. Only six hours until the Oscars start! And five hours until the red ca
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Lavash works great for making Lahmacun as well.
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Late lunch after a major grocery haul: tuna salad and half a perfectly ripe avocado.
Wolfed it down in under 3 min, I think 
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One of my favorite sayings: hunger is the best sauce.
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In German it’s “Hunger ist der beste Koch.” 
I’m sure I first heard it in Russian from my grandmother. She was the source of all interesting sayings and superstitions.
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In my seemingly fruitless, yet continuous attempt to eat the leftovers in the fridge, I fried up a couple slices of Nueske’s, hoping to fry up a lonely KOS and some leftover beans from Friday’s dinner party with it. The shroom had spent too much time in confinement & had to be released into the wild 
So, bacon & beans for lonch. Didn’t suck.
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Smoked ham, spicy havarti, mayo, Keens hot mustard on sesame baguette
and a side of Covered Bridge mixed kettle chips. Saved half for later.
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I havent posted here but do follow. Always amazed with the lovely lunches and desserts(heres looking at you Nannybakes).
For lunch we had Ukrainian vegetarian borscht. Beets were steamed before leaving one beet raw to add a deeper colour. The veggies were beets, carrots, turnip, potatoes and mushrooms cooked in chicken broth. After borscht was cooked I added lemon juice and a bit of sugar which gives it a sweet and sour flavour. At serving time a bit of heavy cream and a sprinkle of dill.
Unesco has designated borscht as Ukrainian dish.
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Wow! Beautiful soup, Stef!
Thank you.
Early lunch today, chittara pasta, 3 meat ragù, basil, pecorino.
Salad of mixed greens, honey mustard vinaigrette, blue cheese.
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Killing it as usual. I spy one of my favorite lettuces in that salad (sunny crisp?), too 
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The lettuce mix is from little leaf farms, comes in a clamshell and is pristine. No swamp lettuce!
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