h o m e * e c o n o m i c s

weekend

THE GOOD: Fette Sau. We ate there for the second time Saturday night, and it was just as good as we remembered. Unlike any other barbecue I've had in New York; Andrew says it's better than most of what we've fed him in Texas. It's also just a happy place to be. My only regret is that I can't drink beer right now: they serve it in what look like moonshine jugs, and you drink it out of Mason jars.

THE BAD: Radishes with butter and salt. Not bad, exactly, but there's something about it I'm not getting. Why is this a classic combination? Radishes are so pretty that I keep buying them at the Greenmarket in hopes that I'll fall in love with them. No luck yet.

THE UGLY: Friday I tried another sardine combination I had read about a couple of places: sardines, cottage cheese, and pickled beets. It didn't sound particularly promising--in fact, it sounded as if someone had asked 10-year-old me to list foods she was sure she would never eat and then combined them in a single dish--but since I saw it recommended more than once, I gave it the benefit of the doubt. And it was so gross. I forced myself to eat it for two lunches and then realized that the sight of its container in the refrigerator was triggering my gag reflex.

Brilliant

The other day I had the Food Network on mute while I was talking to my family on the computer. Out of the corner of my eye I saw someone making the most inspired thing I've seen in a while--a peanut butter and honey sandwich on a hot dog bun with a banana standing in for the hot dog. OMG! I announced what I was seeing, and Andrew looked at it and said "gross!" as my entire nucelar family oohed and ahed in approving agreement with me. Coming to my lunch plate this summer: peanut butter and honey banana dog.

The last time we went to Pearl Oyster Bar I realized that my favorite part of the lobster roll is the buttery hot dog bun. I think I realize this every time we go there and always forget. I could save myself some money by inventing a buttery-hot-dog-bun-based sandwich that does not involve lobster!