Vacation Land

4-5 Days in higher pines than I'm living in now. Alpine, AZ. "Cabin Vacation" with Mom, Dad, my sister, brother-in-law, and 2 year old Princess Natalie. Now these folks (including the princess) are serious foodies.

This is the 35 year old family food business that I walked away from 2 years ago. It is the delightful land of imported cheeses and meats, luscious wines and micro-brewed beers, pates, Russian chocolates, olives stuffed with blue cheese, wasabi coated peanuts, Scottish shortbread, and Swedish fruit preserves...ahhhh...I remember it well, for I was the retail manager. I tasted my way through most of what came in the back door, and watch exiting in the arms of very satisfied customers going out the front door.

Now, things are different......
I have my crate and cooler filled of different delights; cacao nibs, dried jackfruit, dulce flakes, kombucha, mesquite powder, chia seeds and hemp oil. Hell, my spell checker doesn't even recognize most of these words.

For my short week's share of fresh produce, I am heading towards the White Mountains, looking for an organic market on the way, but from my web search, it looks like my best bet is the organic section at Safeway in Eager.

Oh yea, you bet, I'll get plenty of ribbing from the ol' fam, as they smell, poke, maybe be brave enough to sip and sample through my own kind of delectables. But that is the loving nature of this clan, and I don't expect anything less.

At this moment, sitting in my RAW safe kitchen, I don't miss any of those foods. It will be interesting to see what happens, when the Brie at room temperature is softening into relishes and breads that share the same plate, and the cork is pulled out of the bottle of a gorgeous red.