$137, bitches. I did it cause I could. I had three guests, and I fed them good.

For my own share, I had maybe $70. I put in some staples: white flour, wheat flour, cornmeal, dry beans. The cornmeal is especially nice. It comes from a farm upstate. I bought 2lbs for $6. It’s high-priced corn, but I like where the money goes. I cooked a lot of beef. And you can’t come to New York from Spain and not have bagels and lox — not in my house, anyway.

My guests were especially nice. They brought me cool preserved foods from Spain. These were among them:

habas fritas

They’re habas fritas. I think they’re fried halved fava beans. They’re part peanut, part pringle. They’re awesome. Did you read about them on Chowhound? I didn’t think so.