Here’s what I’m thankful for: ridiculous foodie friends. This is what’s on the menu for today:
Thanksgiving at Acadia
Menu:
Appetizers 4pm
- Mulled Apple Cider
- Acadians (cocktails)
- Brie/Walnut/Honey Appetizer
- Soup – fresh pea
- Soup – hearty and brothy with smoked ham, heirloom beans and cabbage
- Deviled Eggs
- Cookies – mollasses and chocolate chip
- Rum Cupcakes
Dinner 5pm
- Turkey
- Gravy
- Corn Bread with Honey Butter
- Mashed Potatoes
- Green Beans
- Salad – goat cheese, pickled beets, orange, and sunflower seed
- Yams
- Stuffing – w/Hot Sausage, Granny Smiths, Cranberries
- Mustard Cranberry Sauce
- Iowa Corn Casserole
- Baked Potato Awesomeness
Dessert 7pm
- Pie
- Popovers
- Ginger Apple Upside-Down Cake
- Yummy Dessert (Wanda)
- Fernet Branca w/ginger
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Here’s a great piece about a guy who was able to produce a bumper crop on a vacant lot in Tuscon, Arizona by harvesting runoff from roofs and streets around the lot. It’s a nice bit of daydreaming for the wannabe urban farmer.
Here’s a map of the growth of his terraced gardens over the years, which I include because it’s a lovely small-multiple visualization:
The Evolution of the Russ Farm
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I just had lunch at Amanda’s (“feel good fresh food”), right next to the downtown Berkeley stop. They’re like a McDonald’s you don’t have to feel guilty eating at. The food was delicious (I had a mushroom-walnut veggie burger, baked sweet potato fries, and a salad), cheap ($6.95 for the combo), the interior of the restaurant was really nice, and service was super friendly.
I hope they do well and expand to the city and beyond.
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