This morning I felt like a deconstructed guacamole, sliding a slice of avocado next to seared flank steak, scrambling fresh eggs from the market this morning, scattering minced raw garlic, and squeezing lime over the spicy microgreens.

I contemplated what I will do with the green I bought at the market, a small square of wheatgrass,

and this afternoon, for a late lunch, I peeled shallots,

to sauté in a pan while pouring half a Tripel Ale in a saucier and adding a pound of steamers from Seatuck Fish, covering and letting the beer bubble for about seven minutes, then placing the soft-shell clams in a bowl, straining the liquid through a paper towel in a colander,

and adding it to the softened shallots, stirring in butter and salt. The emptied shells glistened, bright like the sun today and the raised hopes that spring will be here soon…

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Posted by Kristen Taylor on Saturday, February 20th, 2010, 3:35 pm * Filed in brooklyn, Food. * Tags: kristen, kthread, taylor. Follow responses through the RSS 2.0 feed. Leave a response, or trackback from your own site.