(is that how you spell pudgy? pudgie? pudgee?) we have been eating phenomenal food and we haven’t even started on a single one of JG’s 99. last night, was photo session #2 with baby G and another opportunity for an ALMRAM.M.J culinary expedition. we brought the clam chowder and sungold tomato/persian cuke salad/sticky toffee pudding dessert and RAM presented the steamed artichokes w/ garlic butter, a crusty baguette from tavern and an arugula salad with roasted hazelnuts, nectarines, figs, plums and cheese.

tonight, we had KL + MC over for hamburgers (3 lbs for 4 people; 80/20; plus 1/2 lb of sauteed bacon and a splash of olive oil and chile pepper flakes) with a carmelized red onion/orange/raspberry/jalapeno spread and wilted watercress and avocado and FM tomatoes, grilled brioche bread from huckleberry, grilled shishito peppers (with a touch of sesame chili oil), maitake mushrooms (grilled in foil with butter and garlic), a fabulous salad with baby lettuces, sungold tomatoes, raspberries, and italian sweet peppers, and ciao bella sorbet (blood orange) and gelato (chocolate hazelnut). we didn’t even get to the salad… i ate my whole burger, half the shishito peppers, 1/3 of the mushrooms, 1/2 a cup each of gelato and sorbet and a cup of coffee. and earlier today, i had a BBQ pulled pork sandwich @ cafe zella, a salad, and a whole bunch of watermelon.

like i said, if i keep this up, i am going to get pudgy.