Homemade Peach Salsa

Same day as the olive bread rat-like nibbling, I bought all the makings for homemade salsa, taking inspiration from last weekend in North Fork when we made our own with fresh peaches.

I had leftover cilantro and onion on hand, then I got a peach, three different tomatoes, a jalapeno and a tomatillo to throw in. I chopped everything up in the Crush tasting room and then sat down with a bag of chips and my afternoon's work.

Quite simply, the best salsa I've ever had.

Like Fast Food, But Not

The other day, while searching for what to do with last weekend's leftover pork chops and avocado, I came across this delectable discovery and couldn't stop fantasizing over it.

We finally made them last night (with fresh pork, fear not!), and there was just enough of everything for one messy leftover spicy pork burger tonight, totally disheveled even as it was with sloppy grilled jalapeno and onion and tomatillo, cilantro, mushy creamy avocado and generous shmears of stinky munster on one side of the challah bun and homemade chipotle mayonnaise on the other.

Incidentally--or not so incidentally--the chipotle mayonnaise was naughty on the duck fat fries, too.

Then I took some leftover grilled corn and shaved it off into a salad with leftover onion, cilantro, a tiny bit of lemon juice I'd saved, some fresh black pepper and a kick of Sriracha.

For dessert, Oloroso-and-orange-zest-spiked homemade rice pudding! A virginal attempt, and a damn good one if I do say so myself.