What a weekend

Productivity. Lovely sweaty yoga. Raw and fried oysters at Casamento's (finally!) Dark chocolate raspberry gelato. A new favourite jukebox. A trip to Hollygrove and improvised pasta (see below.) More yoga - languorous and intense. A lovely wedding. Alan Furst is the best. Errands, an improvised tart (as above, see below!) Brunch. Game of Thrones/Treme doubleheader w/ pizza & friends.

Improvised pasta sauce: Obtain vegetables from Hollygrove (except the onion, which is from last week's farmers' market.) Shell, blanch, de-pod a pound of fava beans. Dice an onion, some carrots, a little yellow squash. Soften onion in olive oil, add carrots after 5 min or so, and squash after another 10. Hastily defrost some of last week's vegetable stock, coarsely chop some arugula. Throw stock into pot, let bubble merrily until carrots are pretty soft. Throw in arugula and favas and some chevre, stir until chevre is melted and arugula is wilted.

Improvised tart: Graham cracker crust, the cream cheese filling from this recipe, strawberries, and a sauce of strawberries cooked down w/ some honey and lemon zest and then pureed. (Didn't hold together particularly well - I've yet to make a crumb crust that didn't collapse at the slightest provocation - and I took too seriously Nigella's admonition to not overwhip the filling - and I can't believe I didn't think to put cardamom in the crust or puree - but overall, pretty good.)