I was thinking about balsamic vinegar which is used all over the place these days and I realized I didn't even know what it was made from, here's what I found (grapes). Nothing there about the name but I found this quote over at Balsamic.com, "The name comes from "balsam", the plant resin that is rubbed on the skin as medicinal balm."

Thinking about balsamic made me think about salt and I've decided I want to read this book, if anyone out there wants to buy it for me that'd be great. Call me boring but I think a book on salt would be right up my alley :)

Tomorrow I'm gonna do a column on dips for tangmonkey so I'll be buying an eggplant and making babba ganough for the first time ever! (I may even bother to spell it right for the column).