summer food adventures

Claire's birthday dinner table.

This summer (and spring), I tried lots of foods for the first time.  Here is a fairly comprehensive list:

• Duck
• Lobster
• Sushi 
• Kohlrabi
• Lamb
• Ghee
• Dragonfruit
• Mussels
• Squid seviche
• Venison
• Rambutan
• Sheep's milk cheese
• Smoked bluefish
• Breadfruit
• Passionfruit
• Guava
• Grilled calamari
• Mung bean pasta

And more, I'm sure, that I'm not remembering.  This has been an expansive year for me, food-wise and beyond.  Before July, I had been a strict vegetarian for 5 years.  Clearly times have changed!  Here are some recent food pictures:

Lobster.

My pizza - buckwheat/coconut crust, sauteed onions and leeks, steamed summer squash, black olives and goat chevre.

Claire's pizza - the same except +steamed beets and -black olives.

The king of fruit!  Durian leftovers headed for the compost.