This morning..

I awoke early to go to the Minneapolis Farmer's Market. The website says that it opens at 6:00 am. Well, it does, just most of the vendors don't. Normally this would not be a problem, because I'd screw around, read the paper, drink coffee, eat, shower, and it would be 8:30 when I got there. What was there looked really good, but I went for broad beans, and what I did not find was broad beans. I've got raspberries, 2 leeks, four red peppers, and two bags o' baby potatoes.

OK...

Had a friend over for dinner:

Salad - mixed box with herbs
Grass fed Cowboy Steak (& braised leek)
Potato Salad
Grilled Veggies -- Red peppers & pea pods
Raspberries -- on the side, cream, sugar, Grand Marnier

For the taters:

Boiled & cooled yellow fingerling taters sliced
Cinzano Bianco
Lemon Thyme leaves & tender stems
Smatting of coarse mustard
Garlic
EVOO
Lemon Juice & Zest in strips from a zester
Tabasco
Sea Salt

When I'd just thrown the potato salad together, the lemon zest added a too bitter note. After it had sat for a while and we ate it, it had mellowed out to just wonderful. We roughed it and started with a Cinzano Bianco over ice with lemon zest and then switched over to champagne, which lasted through the raspberries.