after going to Bruce Ames' talk on
nutrition, synthetic chemicals, government, & cancer,
i realized that i wanted to start cooking a lot more.

santa cruz county is one of main producers of
fruits & vegetables in the country
(for example, watsonville's strawberry industry
alone totaled $198 million last year)
so i need to keep taking advantage of all this local stuff!

today, nadya and i met up at farmer's market

and sniffed, touched and inspected everything.

then i came home and made myself a big lunch:
panko fish, quinoa, various leaves, mozzarella,tomatoes,

chickpea salad & brussel sprouts.