YUM, YUM

“He can cook a really good bowl of cereal.” That’s what my wife had the nerve–no, the audacity–to tell the very charming D Home Chef of the Month Joanne Bondy of famed Ciudad at last night’s “Evening with Joanne Bondy” at Whole Foods.

The truth of the matter is, I can cut up fruits and vegetables, too, and Bondy offered a great tip for those sticky pineapple scraps I toss after cutting up my pointy, tasty friend. Mix 2 tablespoons of brown sugar in two quarts of water. Toss in your pineapple top (or bottom, or sides) and set it in the fridge for three days. Pull it out, remove the scraps, and what do you have? Aqua Fresca–a lightly sweet treat that I can’t wait to try with my famed Honey Nut Cheerios a la Roger.