Speaking of Whole Foods disappointments, don’t buy their woody-shard hippie charcoal. (If it’s even called charcoal.) It disappeared in a puff of smoke before we got half way through our Labor Day grilling—we had to run out and pick up a bag of Kingsford!

Recommended post–Labor Day cocktail: mix a shot of whiskey or calvados into a cup of Red Jacket Orchards rhubarb-apple juice. Shake with ice and serve!

Thanks, Wednesday, for getting me in the kitchen to make this heavenly tomato-bread soup! Cubes of sour bread suspended in garlicky tomatoes—what could be better? It’s equally delicious hot and room temp. Take her advice, people, and make it while the tomato gettin’s good!

I was very happy to obtain a jar of Koeze’s Cream-Nut Peanut Butter at McGinnis Sisters today. Leland and I each bought some at the Chelsea Market when I was visiting him in August, but mine was confiscated by a security guard at LaGuardia and thrown away. “Please!” I cried, “At least take it home and enjoy it with your family; it’s the world’s best peanut butter!” But the woman was unmoved…

Now I can buy it right here in Pittsburgh, thanks to the responsive folks at my favorite grocery store.

Microwave popcorn can kill you, they’re saying now. That’s no surprise. Does anyone really eat it and think it’s a healthy whole grain snack? A man in Colorado ate two bags of the stuff per day for the last ten years.

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Here’s a great little Mark Bittman side dish: wash and boil greens such as chard, kale, or collards. Cool under cold water, squeeze dry, and chop. Sprinkle with plenty of lemon juice, drizzle with good olive oil, and season. Serve warm or at room temperature.

If anyone wants my Whole Foods beer growler, it’s up for grabs. Twice now I’ve gone to fill it up, and twice I’ve opened it less than two hours later to find almost completely flat beer. I complained about it yesterday, and the woman said that something must have gone wrong the first time, and that this beer was sure to be fizzy. Ha! Apparently at Bierkraft, they top off the beer with some CO2 to keep it bubbly. Why doesn’t WF do that? Not organic enough?

In preparation for moving, I’m selling the stainless steel table I bought earlier this year. If you have a small kitchen, it will change your cooking life. I added a second shelf to it recently, so it can hold a ton of cookware. It’s on craigslist for $200, but Eat readers are eligible for a discount. Lelandcs at gmail dot com. The table has been sold.

I’m glad to see that this article on cheap wine in today’s Times is the most emailed article of the day. Maybe New Yorkers are coming to realize that it should be possible to enjoy one or two glasses of wine every night without feeling the need to impress anyone or spend a full hour’s pay. Most of the wine I buy is less than $10 (we save other bottles for Friday nights and special occasions), and New York in particular is brimming with great options at this price point.

With my big steel table gone and half of my cookware packed up, along with all of my spices and canned goods, the idea of cooking in this kitchen is rather daunting. Nevertheless, this is the last Saturday when I’ll be able to get to the Greenmarket in three minutes, and I intend to take advantage of it. Something will be cooked and analyzed by the day’s end!