To cook or not to cook, that is one question.

Now that summer is nearly here, we're changing our menu a little bit each week. This item you see here is an end-of-winter fruit salad, so it relies less on fresh fruit from local farmers and more on decoration. The key: star fruit may not always taste great (this one tasted like tough, watery grapefruit), but it puts on a good show.

The past few weeks, we've done a better job of trying out new restaurants in the area than we have of trying out lots of new dishes. Just last night, we took a healthful walk over to the nearest frozen custard stand (the chef recommends: la glace à la vanille avec du fudge chaud et d'ananas).

However, I am planning to buy lots of nice things from the farmers market very soon. Do you hear that, vegetables? I'm coming for you. Soon. Maybe not today. Maybe not tomorrow. But someday. And then we'll see who gets wrapped in a crepe and covered with cheese sauce!