at houston farmer’s market, samples from ann’s live food: green vegetable juice, avocado-chocolate mousse, almond-sunflower seed “omelette”

lunch on the drive to new orleans: farmer’s market baguette with cedar’s red pepper hummus; farmer’s market organic blueberries; melon

banana with soynut butter; kamut krispie treat; shiner blonde; melon

dinner at lola’s (on stacey’s recommendation, although i realized that katherine and marcy and i had been there together three years ago!): vegetarian paella; tons of bread and garlic “butter”; housemade sangria. i asked about the garlic butter, and found out that they put raw garlic in a food processor and blend it while slowly adding olive oil, along with salt and lemon juice, until it reaches a buttery consistency. it’s so good!!

mints at the hotel

red delicious apple

lunch buffet at india’s: bean and tomato salad; lentil dal; cauliflower curry; rice with peas; naan; tamarind chutney; fruit salad

tons of clementines in the car. my road trip companion kept peeling one after another and handing me half, and we must have eaten between 10 and 15

dinner at a friend’s: couscous with carrots and spices; green beans (from the garden) cooked with raisins; raw cherry tomatoes from the garden; grilled romaine with mustard vinaigrette; grilled caramelized squash with apricot marmalade; red wine

dark chocolate-coconut-oatmeal cookies that i meant to bring to my friend in houston but forgot at home… oops.

pomegranate green tea; tons of blueberries and cherries in the car

carrot; apple and peanut butter; tiny plums from houston farmers market

salad of delicious sweet cucumber and tomatoes from farmers market with basil and pepper; fresh baked bread with tamarind chutney also from the farmers market (i didn’t get to go to the saturday morning market but it sounds great); espresso (beans from anderson’s in austin)

picnic: tabbouleh from whole foods; cedar’s roasted red pepper hummus with pita chips; tomato and cucumber salad; tons of cherries

stone ipa at cafe brasil