Tues, May 27 - Euro Caffe

8.05am - fresh blueberries, banana, walnut - oh, and there's some oat bran under all of that. At home. 12.23pm - panino prosciutto caprese and an aranciata at the Euro Caffe. Didn't make it to UCLA today because I had to go return some books to the library. This was a GREAT sandwich, though.

The Euro Caffe is a very un-fancy Italian soccer cafe smack in the middle of Beverly Hills, literally around the corner from Rodeo Drive. Didn't quite capture all the decoration, but there's soccer scarves all over the walls, mostly of the various Forzas (Catania, Palermo, Fiorentina, Roma and what have you) but also of Chelsea and Arsenal. Apart from the three soccer aficionados pictured, there were no less than six Italian guys in suits (and a mind-boggling cloud of after shave or eau de toilette or whatever it is they use), drinking espresso at the bar to the left, shouting loudly and just being Italian in that very Italian kind of way that so endears them to the rest of the world. I wish I liked espresso - this would be the place to have one.

13.01h - a little dessert (orange and raspberry sticks) at the Kelly's inside the Beverly Hills Public Library. You can't really tell from the picture, but the book in the middle that I just took out today is Barbara Kingsolver's "Animal, Vegetable, Miracle" - uninspired title, but very inspiring book. She basically did what Simon is doing, packed up her family and moved to a farm. And in an effort to realign their lives with their food chain, they went for a year only eating food that was grown locally, mostly by themselves - and lived to tell the story. Great read.

16.13h - pumpkin seeds (slow roasted! local! sustainably grown!), at work.

17.05h - strawberry-guava yogurt, on the lunchroom balcony at work.

19.53h - flaxseed spaghetti with Ritesh's homemade (in one of the new pots no less!) eggplant-tomato-caper sauce, w/a ton of parmeggiano. At home.

19.54h - chopped salad w/ avocado, spinach, smoked turkey breast, bell pepper etc. At home.