Russo's

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I found out that Russo's has expanded, and is also now open until 8 at night, so last night's veggie-quest was completed there. It's been years since I've made it there, and it looks incredibly different, having changed from overgrown farm stand to almost-upscale foodie place. The produce is still rather cheap, though (I didn't pay much attention to the new areas with specialty cheeses, meats, and breads). The produce is well displayed, accessible, and I roamed the aisles, recipes floating through my head. There were more strange vegetables I'd never even heard of before than I could shake a stick at (as it were). Lots of strange Asian pods and squashes, some things that might have come from South American, tubers and such. It was exciting, though I didn't experiment by buying a something, then discovering how to prepare it; my week is just about full enough as it is... but another week....

I ended up with four bags of veggies, for not very much money at all, and enthusiasm for making dinner: I sauteed o nions and Swiss chard, added chickpeas and crushed tomatoes, black pepper and cinnamon, put that over orichiette (sp?), added raisins and slivered almonds. Even now, it sounds strange to me, but it worked.

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