brioche

bri·oche - noun[bree-ohsh, -osh; Fr. bree-awsh]a light, sweet bun or roll made with eggs, yeast and butter.



this particular brioche is a callebaut chocolate brioche, from east village bakery. this artisan bakery opened up last year, on hastings just west of templeton. they bake everything daily. in small batches. from scratch. i went in one day in fall last year, and the very lovely owner allowed to me snap a few photos. more will be coming in another post.

post # 96: alliumphobia

alliumphobia - the (irrational) fear of garlic


i don't know who could fear garlic. garlic is awesome. garlic that is super old and dry in the grocery store? not the best. garlic freshly picked and sold at the farmer's market? the best. if you haven't tried using fresh garlic before, hasten to your local farmer's market and mend thy ways.



garlic, or allium satvia in latin, is a relative of the onion. that's reason enough to include this photo:


p.s. this is post #96. three more posts before my contest closes!

red pears

farmer's market

went to our local farmer's market again last weekend. took my camera along, but was too engrossed in all the wares that i ended up taking only 2 pictures (this is my excuse. i also feel awkward taking pictures in public places). pictured are onions, but i bought lemon basil from this stall. the basil smells amazing...