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Midwinter seashore,
Driftwood piled like rib bones.
Inside,contentment.

rib roast

Ironworks in Austin, of course, but here on Long Island it's the Spare Rib in Commack.

Not again in this lifetime. I tried a durian drink once, and forced myself to finish it so that I would commit the experience to deep memory and never again be tempted. It's a matter of taste, obviously, but I say no, no, no.

I'm very fond of Iceberg, a Canadian vodka that claims to be made from . . .
It runs about $20 for the 1.75 bottle. Grey Goose used to run an ad showing them at the top of a beverage institute taste test, but also listing Iceberg at #2--an inadvertent boost for a tasty and much less expensive brand.

mustard and some lettuce

dry-aged porterhouse!

Ironworks, Austin

With brie and crusty bread.

Polish mustard, some good Swiss cheese, Boston lettuce.

with sliced asparagus as a salad.

My wife says kitten, but that's a different question. I'm'a go with porterhouse.

Polish mustard on grainy bread. Or the pear/clementine/pecan conserve that my wife puts up.