{AW} an artist date, a salad quest
blogger has not been my friend this weekend...tried to post several times...so will probably post twice today.
Friday night I went on an artist date to a favorite place of mine, a grocery store called Metropolitan Market.
I walked in, grabbed a basket and began walking. I had two goals. The first was to take in the colors and textures of the market. The second, to find the ingredients to recreate a salad I had discovered the week before. I would like to eat more salad, but lettuce does not do much for me. But if the salad is easy to make and seems "gourmet," then I can do it.
Goal one: The produce section. The colors are as many as in a 96 box of Crayolas. Greens, reds, pinks, yellows, purples. The first time I walked into this store when we moved here I almost started weeping in the midst of the produce. The displays, the smells, the choices. The smooth apples, the damp, delicate lettuce, the slight bumpy texture of an orange. As I walk through the rest of the store, I try to take in which colors attract my eye. Reds, oranges, blues. Several times I wish for my camera. Let your eyes be the lens sometimes, I remind myself. And I couldn't help but wonder "would I be allowed to take pictures at a grocery store?" I can imagine myself saying to the guy mopping the floor, "I am not a spy."
Goal two: Green leaf lettuce, red bib lettuce, fresh crumpled blue cheese, fuji apples, walnuts, dried cranberries, and honey pear salad dressing. Yes, yes, yes.
liz lamoreux
Reader Comments (7)
Sounds like a fun date!
This all sounds so beautiful and enticing! What a wonderful place to have found, and I love the "I am not a spy" comment. I think that if artists worried about looking like fools, then nothing they created would ever be worthwhile. I love this description!
what a great date!!! the colors in the produce section can be so rich and well-filling.
that sounds delicious! what a great date and dinner to boot!
You just described one of my favorite salads--and, you're a girl after my own heart. I too go on artist dates to the produce section. So many lush sensory details to be found there!
mmmmmmm...wow....
that sounds awesome...
and blogger has also not been my friend so i understand where you
are coming from...
:)
The salad sounds so yummy! I'm going grocery shopping today...and guess what! I'm getting the ingrediants for the salad!