I had to go down a rabbit hole to find these guys. I’d never ordered fresh truffles before—but it sure did pay off! So excited to use them, they’ve already scented the entire house by opening the package!

As the title says. Sometimes posts like this lead to a bunch of “paranormal” discussion—that’s ok but not a necessity. I’m relatively skeptical of that stuff myself, but they always make for good conversation and friendly debunking. This also includes very unlikely things. I’ll start:

When I was growing up (in the days before the communication revolution) my family took a trip to Chicago. During our five days there we somehow hailed the same cab driver three times, in three extremely different locations in the city. The second time all of us were shocked, and the third time we actually had him take a picture with us. I’m sure my folks have the old disposable Kodak photo buried somewhere in an album. Could he have been stalking us? I guess so. But he certainly didn’t seem like he was, and nothing bad happened. He seemed as surprised as we were. Definitely stochastic—but it’s funny how weird stochasticity can seem when it’s a little less random.

For a recent party we hosted

EDIT: Ingredients as asked—

Thinly sliced homemade sourdough baguette—toasted to make the crustinis. Very lighted brushed with some truffle oil at the end (and a sprinkle of MSG)

Crème fraîche

Prosciutto

Imperial ossetra caviar

Chives