Sunday, August 29

This weekend we had what's known around here as weekend breakfast...eggs benedict with jackfruit on the side...

And French toast with cinnamon apples...

We ordered delivery (pad thai for me and a seafood omelet for Roman)...

And on Sunday, we got a farm box from an organization that delivers organic groceries from small farms, mostly in or around Chiang Mai and Chiang Rai.

We got organic morning glory, a little loaf of cheddar sourdough bread, a giant avocado, Northern-style sausage made with lots of herbs, Italian basil, local goat cheese, heirloom tomatoes, arugula, and jasmine rice. Adorably, they use rolled banana leaves in place of paper bags.

I mostly picked things I've been missing (Italian basil, heirloom tomatoes) or that I thought would be better to buy organic (arugula, morning glory), or just because they sounded fun (cheddar sourdough, goat cheese). I mean, how could anyone resist this?

For our first meal with the farm ingredients, I made the kind of summery meal I would’ve made in Portland—toasted sourdough with goat cheese, tomatoes, basil, and a little black lava salt, served with an arugula salad.

Sunday evening, we walked to a pizzeria near Asok and picked up some Southern Italian desserts—cannolis and a not-very-Italian eclair and a piece of chocolate almond cake.

After all, it had been Martin Tusler's birthday.