I'm, uh, back from Madison, though if I'd stayed, would anyone have found it surprising? Wisconsin remains as awesome as in my memory: rolling green and wide, faintly cow-smelling, the September sky muted. Sunday, Eric and I bummed for a few hours in Madison, getting lunch at State Street Brats (cheese curds!), browsing the bookstore, just walking. Janesville, too made me homesick: for apple picking, Sunday dinners, backyards.
Nostalgiafest 2008, it's true. This week, I even browsed Madison real estate...
In other news, Darren and Sara are coming over for dinner tonight, and here's what's on the menu:
Roast pork loin (with carrots and onions)
Mashed sweet potatoes
Salad with apple-walnut dressing
Bread (to be purchased from the Hungry Ghost)
Sweet potato pie (not homemade, admittedly...)
A little sweet potato heavy, I admit, but I'd already planned to make the mashed 'taters when I saw the pie and I thought, "What the hell! I love sweet potatoes!" And therefore, so must everyone else. I may have misplaced the recipe for the dressing, but I should be able to find it before dinnertime. Fingers crossed.
But, I'm pretty excited to cook this roast: roasts are the perfect indicator of fall and all the excellent cold-weather cooking to come.
2 comments:
Your meal sounds divine. Also, I love the name "Hungry Ghost." What a great name!
Thanks, Bibnall!
The Hungry Ghost is this excellent bakery that only sells bread. Their sign, which features a wailing ghost, is also really cute.
Holla @ harvest season(!)
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