Wedding Weekend in Baltimore

This weekend Weston and I attended a beautiful wedding in Wilmington, Delaware.

But first we traveled down to Baltimore to see his brother and his brother's fiancee. They took us to an amazing local deli/market called Atwaters.

I got, um, a lot of food - totally by accident because I didn't know the portions would be so big. Luckily Weston was open to sharing.

We started with a nice and refreshing bowl of gazpacho - it wasn't too heavy on the olive oil and the flavor was excellent. Not like a Bloody Mary in a bowl and they clearly made it fresh for the day because the veggies were super crisp.

For my main entree I ordered a golden beet salad with butter lettuce, asparagus, a boiled egg, and extra goat cheese. The dressing was a dill vinaigrette which complimented the rest of the ingredients perfectly. And the top was sprinkled with roasted pistachios - yummy! I have to say, they were VERY liberal with the goal cheese - something I greatly appreciate since I love it so much. And the butter lettuce was fresh and delicious. Hmm, what else did I have? Oh! The chicken salad!

They put in golden raisins and grapes and it wasn't full of mayo like a lot of recipes. The flavors were spot on and they hadn't mashed the chicken into a pulp either.

Weston had a sandwich: grilled chicken, chimichurri sauce, red cabbage slaw, homemade olive tapenade, and a couple slices of cheddar cheese on a cheddar scone.

Nothing was too heavy or overpowering - the perfect evening meal.

We also took some time to revisit the Loch Raven Reservoir in Towson - so pretty :)

This One's for the Marylanders

This past week I got a package from Weston - notes for Biochem, a couple of shirts, and these babies. Nummy nummy Berger cookies. The first thing that struck me was that I'd been spelling them wrong this whole time...they aren't bUrger cookies, even though they looks kinda them 'em, right? Actually, I was completely off because they are named for the guy who invented them...

Second, they were heavy! Half chocolate creme/ganache and half white cookie. They are so sweeeet - it kind of turned me off at first, but before I knew it I was craving these tasty treats every moment. I've had to cut back to only one a day ;)

Here's a little tidbit about Berger cookies if you're interested, but truth be told, you must try them for yourself whenever you find yourself in the Land of the Terps.

Oh, did I mention...they're sold by the pound!