Two kale leaves, 1/2 a bunch of cilantro, 1 green apple, 4 celery stalks, 1 whole cucumber, 1/4 of a lemon (with peel), 1 inch chunk of ginger, 1
chunk of jalapeno (or more if you like it really hot).
Chunks of applewood - smoked bacon channel the salt, smoke, and char for which it is rightfully loved while slices
of jalapeno cut through the richness
of it all for some pleasant relief.
The checkout lady was gruff and impatient, already turning to Eric's stuff, which probably looked perverse compared with the girl's, and had come from the new «gourmet» section
of the market: organic
jalapenos, organic Asian eggplants, organic red bell peppers, a bunch
of organic kale for braising, two huge organic onions, a tiny bottle
of fine Tuscan olive oil, five pounds good flour, French yeast in cakes, a huge
chunk of very, very expensive raw - milk Parmesan (Reggiano,
of course), two bottles Cotes du Rhone — and not just any old Cotes du Rhone but Alison's favorite, thirty - four bucks a pop.