HOW SWEET IT IS

Shopping at a new upscale grocery and buying wild-caught coho salmon for dinner was a treat Wednesday afternoon.

Wednesday was the third day of leaden skies and significant rain fall.
It was a perfect day to sally forth and find a new fish market.
The market turned out to be a whole lot more than just a fish market.

Plans were made during the pre-dinner cocktail hour at home to visit on Friday for wine and cheese tasting in the store; for more shopping; and for sampling some of the cooked take-home delights offered by the several kitchens in the store.

If the expected delights and pleasantries develop, they will be described in these pages in more detail.

Discovery of such a delight usually brings forth two emotions: huge enjoyment and at the same time regret at not having made the discovery sooner.

It occurs to us that buying and preparing special foods of superior quality is a lot like what President Lincoln said about cutting and splitting your own fire wood: it warms you as you prep it and again when you burn it.

Shopping and preparing the food is a twofer as well: it restoreth the soul as you search it out and it feeds the body as you prepare and consume it.

How sweet it is!