Went to Trader Joe’s after work yesterday to pick up bacon and chives for Smitten Kitchen’s Corn Chowder Salad, which we’re making for dinner tonight. Found this tiny pretzel loaf while I was there and had to have it. Same with the salt and pepper pistachios. When I arrived home, my wife had devised an exquisite broiled eggplant soup, which we had with green beans blanched and sauteed in butter, plus mixed brown and wild rice (not pictured). Unutterably delicious.