Recipe: Crab Cake

4 tbsp. mayonnaise

2 tbsp. creole mustard

1/2 tsp. creole seasoning

1/8 tsp. freshly ground black pepper

1 tbsp. finely chopped fresh parsley

1 tbsp. finely chopped green onion

2 tsp. finely minced red bell pepper, optional

1 pound crab meat

1 1/4 cup fresh fine bread crumbs, divided

Preparation:

Combine mayonnaise, mustard, parsley and seasonings, set aside.  Drain crabmeat, put in a bowl.  With a spatula fold in mayonnaise mixture and 1 cup of the bread crumbs, just until blended.  Shape into 8 crab cakes about 2 1/2 inches in diameter.  Press gently with reserved crumbs.  Cover and chill for 1 to 2 hours.

Heat 1 tbsp. olive oil over medium heat.  Fry crab cakes for about 5 minutes each side.

Song: "Happy Kid" By: Nada Surf

Poem: "Tumbling-hair" By: e. e. cummings

Tumbling-hair

picker of buttercups

violets

dandelions

And the big bullying daisies

through the field wonderful

with eyes a little sorry

Another comes

also picking flowers

Recipe: Raspberry Muffins with Cacao Nibs

4 Tbsp. butter

2 cups all-purpose flour

1/2 cup sugar

2 tsp. baking powder

1 tsp. baking soda

1/2 tsp. salt

1 egg

1/2 cup plain yogurt

1/2 cup buttermild

1 cup raspberries

Topping:

1/3 cup cacao nibs

1/4 brown sugar

Preheat oven to 4oo degrees F and grease (or line) a set of muffin tins.

Melt the butter in the microwave or in a small saucepan, and set aside to cool.  In a small bowl, combine the cacao nibs and brown sugar.  Set aside.

In a medium mixing-bowl, combine dry ingredients and stir to mix.  In another medium bowl, whisk together wet ingredients.  Make a well in the center of the dry ingredients, pout in the wet ingredients, and stir with a spatula until just combined.  Do not overmix.  The mixture will be lumpy, that okay.  Fold in the berries.

Spoon the batter into the prepared tins, and sprinkle a bit of the cacao mixture on top.  Put into the oven to bake for 18-20 minute, until risen and golden.  Turn out on a rack to cool, and wait for 10-15 minutes before removing from the tins.

Song: "We Will Become Silhouettes" By: The Postal Service

Poem: "How Poetry Comes to Me" By: Gary Snyder

It comes blundering over the

Boulders at night, it stays

Frightened outside the

Range of my campfire

I go to meet it at the

Edge of the light