Carrots of enormous size

Today's purchases included three gargantuan carrots, similar in excess to the late-season zucchini you can't give away. These will become part of CUESA's chicken stock supply, along with celery, onions, and parsley, and a couple of well-treated chickens, of course. Five gallons of chicken stock: that's on tomorrow's agenda. 

For home, I bought some beautiful broccoli and more satsuma mandarins. There's a recipe in the new Gourmet magazine for orange tapioca pudding that looks delicious, and I want to try it with mandarins. David's not a tapioca fan, but I love it, and it seems like an easy make-ahead breakfast, topped with a sprinkling of granola.

I had an interview this afternoon that was postponed, the second time during this job hunt that this has happened to me. Don't you hate it, all dressed up with no place to go? Oh well. I just have to be zen about it, and assume that it's all happening this way for a reason. In the meantime, I have a chance to throw in some laundry and clean out the refrigerator.