Stones and Supper

It was 40 degrees F (22 degrees C) cooler at our farmers' market today than at the one we attended last Saturday in Fort Collins -- a welcome change! I stocked up on strawberries, sugar snap peas, lettuce, green onions, some early tomatoes, several kinds of beans, yogurt, cheese, bread, and more.

The last Saturday of the month is Kids' Vending Day at the Bellingham Farmers Market, and today these painted rocks were among the items on offer. They seemed quite a bargain for the price!

This evening we're going to a special meal at Honey Moon with the intriguing title of "The Last Meal of Calouste Gulbenkian." It includes eight courses of traditional Armenian food, paired with mead, wine, and cider, and local musicians performing traditional songs, poems, and dances between the courses.

From the Honey Moon Facebook page: In June of 1955, Calouste Gulbenkian, the great Armenian businessman and philanthropist, knowing he was on the verge of death, decided to have a "Last Great Supper." He chose 8 traditional Armenian dishes that represented aspects of his life from birth, childhood, adolescence, youth, adulthood, maturity, old age and even a course for death. For each of these courses, he paired a different mead (which he loved), wine and cider.

Here is what we'll be enjoying:
* Homestyle pita with a trio of Armenian dips (hummus, baba ganoush, cilantro tahini) / Honey Moon pyment (white wine with mead)??
* Dolmas with traditional fig preserves, served with Armenian flatbread / pomegranate sangria
* Kale and white bean soup, a traditional winter soup / rose cider
* Tabbouleh salad / hopped mead
* Beef kebabs with yogurt garlic sauce / red wine
* Fassoulia stew over rice / apricot cider
* Armenian stewed roasted chicken / cherry-infused mead with clove and cinnamon
* Honey golden raisin ice cream with baklava / hot spiced mead?

Wish you could all join us!