If I haven’t mentioned achar before in another post, I’ll take this opportunity to proclaim Achar Pachranga from Pachranga Foods as one of the best spicy oil pickles on the market. I’m especially fond of the lotus root and Indian gooseberries in their signature blend. You can put the stuff on just about anything, or merely eat it straight from a fork.

… I’d probably enjoy this simple miracle of ingredient cross-utilization on a fairly regular basis. It is, quite obviously, an uncomplicated salad of carrot julienne, cremini mushrooms and basil chiffonade with an impromptu strawberry walnut dijon vinaigrette and cracked pepper.

I seasoned this 16-ounce (0.5 kg) ribeye with olive oil, sea salt, cracked black pepper and chopped rosemary. I didn’t feel like building a fire to grill it, so I seared each side in a white-hot cast iron skillet. Upon plating, it received the blessings of raw chopped garlic, scallions and – of course – more olive oil to mingle with the juices and get mopped from the plate with bread.

This, my friends, was breakfast.

They didn’t tell me that this cheeseburger came with a fried egg, bacon and ham on it. I’ll write more about it as soon as I finish metabolizing the bastard sometime next week.