Robinson Park in downtown Albuquerque is the mecca of bountiful produce on Saturday mornings in the summer.  However, it is also the site for some lovely prepared foods as well, and the season is drawing to a close!

New additions to the usual Java Joe’s, French Riviera, and arepas stands is the simply divine outfit called Good Nosh.  Each week a different cuisine is featured, from French to the Carribean and onward, outward.

What will happen to the dynamic duo of Kei and Aly after the Farmer’s Market is over? I think keeping an eye on their blog is the only way to know…. unless they pipe in here with some news.

Madelines and canneles gave up their gentle sweetness to the early morning glow:

Two weeks later, the treats had shifted to coconut tartlets and mojito bars:

And now what are they doing?  I’ll be excited to hear….  the farmer’s market will not be the end of these talents, no way, no how.  Perhaps the upcoming food and cuisine fest at the National Hispanic Cultural Center?  Hmmm.

Unbelievably, there are still seats for tonight’s “Bacon, Glorious Bacon!” Community Table dinner at Jennifer James 101.

Call to grab a seat and have a fantastic family-style meal with wine and probably more pig than you’ve et in quite some time.  The menu is below, call 884-3860 for a reservation and come hungry!

Tuesday:: Bacon, Glorious Bacon (today)  $35 +tax +grat  6pm  Seats left!!

Bacon-popped popcorn

JJ’s darn-near-world-famous Deviled eggs w/ sweet & spicy bacon

Bacon-wrapped blue cheese-stuffed figs

Classic B(acon)LT sandwiches

Bacon mac&cheese

Spinach w/ bacon vinaigrette

Swedish bacon fat cookies

Bacon & chocolate chip ice cream

I just had a small, double-shot, extra dry cappucino from Saxby’s coffee in the NE Heights (near Trader Joe’s), and it was served in a 16oz mug with at least 8oz of milk.

Come ON now, baristas!

Double shot means 2oz (50ml) of espresso max, plus a combined volume of 150-200ml foamed milk – THAT’S a proper cappucino ratio, not even dry.

How specific do my instructions need to be to actually get a decent cappucino?  This is like going to get a Blizzard at Dairy Queen and they blend together a little scoop of ice cream into some milk so the consistency is like, well, milk.  You’d throw it back at them, because it’s not right!  Or like ordering a pizza and receiving one piece of pepperoni and a square inch of cheese on the middle of the pie.

Gold Street can do it, Ecco can do it (though they can’t seem to make decent gelato) . . . why not anyone else?

Saxby’s goes on my permanent “only if nowhere else is open” list for espresso drinks.

What kind of an omnivore am I if, on the list of 100 foods to try if one is to be considered a well-rounded eater, the ONE I’d be tempted to cross off as “I won’t eat that” is . . .

This sorry thing?

So easy to attain, so easy to eat, and yet . . . I need to actually want it before it will be worth it.  So, perhaps that will be much later on the acquisition list than others.

70 out of 100!  Only thirty to go, and some of them will be dead simple to accomplish – I mean, I’ve never had a hot dog from a cart???  Sheesh. (No, Pink’s does not count – I have had Pink’s.)

Per the U.K. blog “Very Good Taste” I am going to try my hand at the Omnivore’s 100 – a list of foods that every omnivore should explore to broaden their palate.

To participate, just go to the original post and copy & paste the list before identifying the stuff you’ve eaten or won’t eat.

Instructions:

1) Copy this list into your blog or journal, including these instructions.
2) Bold all the items you’ve eaten.
3) Cross out any items that you would never consider eating.
4) Optional extra: Post a comment here at www.verygoodtaste.co.uk linking to your results.

The VGT Omnivore’s Hundred, as experienced by Andrea Lin:

1. Venison
2. Nettle tea
3. Huevos rancheros
4. Steak tartare
5. Crocodile
6. Black pudding
7. Cheese fondue
8. Carp
9. Borscht
10. Baba ghanoush
11. Calamari
12. Pho
13. PB&J sandwich
14. Aloo gobi
15. Hot dog from a street cart
16. Epoisses
17. Black truffle
18. Fruit wine made from something other than grapes
19. Steamed pork buns
20. Pistachio ice cream
21. Heirloom tomatoes
22. Fresh wild berries
23. Foie gras
24. Rice and beans
25. Brawn, or head cheese
26. Raw Scotch Bonnet pepper
27. Dulce de leche
28. Oysters
29. Baklava
30. Bagna cauda
31. Wasabi peas
32. Clam chowder in a sourdough bowl
33. Salted lassi
34. Sauerkraut
35. Root beer float
36. Cognac with a fat cigar
37. Clotted cream tea
38. Vodka jelly/Jell-O
39. Gumbo
40. Oxtail
41. Curried goat
42. Whole insects
43. Phaal
44. Goat’s milk
45. Malt whisky from a bottle worth £60/$120 or more
46. Fugu
47. Chicken tikka masala
48. Eel
49. Krispy Kreme original glazed doughnut
50. Sea urchin
51. Prickly pear
52. Umeboshi
53. Abalone
54. Paneer
55. McDonald’s Big Mac Meal
56. Spaetzle
57. Dirty gin martini
58. Beer above 8% ABV
59. Poutine
60. Carob chips
61. S’mores
62. Sweetbreads
63. Kaolin
64. Currywurst
65. Durian
66. Frogs’ legs
67. Beignets, churros, elephant ears or funnel cake
68. Haggis
69. Fried plantain
70. Chitterlings, or andouillette
71. Gazpacho
72. Caviar and blini
73. Louche absinthe
74. Gjetost, or brunost
75. Roadkill
76. Baijiu
77. Hostess Fruit Pie
78. Snail
79. Lapsang souchong
80. Bellini
81. Tom yum
82. Eggs Benedict
83. Pocky
84. Tasting menu at a three-Michelin-star restaurant.
85. Kobe beef
86. Hare
87. Goulash
88. Flowers
89. Horse
90. Criollo chocolate
91. Spam
92. Soft shell crab
93. Rose harissa
94. Catfish
95. Mole poblano
96. Bagel and lox
97. Lobster Thermidor
98. Polenta
99. Jamaican Blue Mountain coffee
100. Snake