Ham Sandwich Indicted!

Now that the Farmer's Market season is once again upon us (hooray!), I've been playing a little game in which I try to make meals with ingredients that I a) already have on hand and b) only get from my Saturday excursions to the North Market. (It's also a fun game to play if you're trying NOT to spend money like a drunken sailor.) Last night, in the spirit of the game, I decided to use the last of the asparagus that I got from Saturday's market, whatever I had in my fridge, and some herbs from my garden and make a 'green' risotto. I love risotto. You can put damn near anything in it and it's delicious--shrimp, chicken, wine, vegetables, cream, cheese.... I remember the first time I think I tried it was my senior year in college (it's amazing, how far the Ham Sandwich has come!), and my then-boyfriend took me to a Valentine's Day dinner in the Italian North End of Boston. I had mushroom risotto and fell in love (with the risotto; unfortunately, no...

Holy mackerel, this weekend was a food fest if I've ever seen one. I'll get to what's in the lead photo in a minute, since I'm going to try to keep this in chronological order. First up, Friday night was a impromptu Westside taco truck tour with 4-5 friends. We hit Los Potosinos (chorizo tacos), La Super Torta II (for a torta de tasajo con quesillo), Los Gauchos (tacos al pastor), and Otro Rollo (for a huarache). My charming friend Ella vamps in front of La Super Torta II As always, Los Potosinos and Los Gauchos was delicious. Los Potosinos gave us some really great pickled carrots to munch on while we were waiting for a tacos, and while we didn't get the superb chicken al carbon , we did really like the chorizo tacos. (Oh, and we also shared a horchata , the cinnamony, sweetened rice-milk beverage, to drink. Big yum!) The second stop, La Super Torta II, was just down Georgesville Rd. and we stopped on the recommendation of my friend Lauren, an expert in all things...