Here’s today’s central question: should the words “fruit-flavored” and “pasta” ever go together? And if they should, could they ever compare to this lemon parsley pasta with asparagus? Find out as I review two different flavored pastas from a stall at the Pike Place Market.

Soon after I graduated from pastry school, I got a job at the wonderful 11th Avenue Inn on Capitol Hill in Seattle. This oatmeal was my star contribution to the breakfast lineup, and it’s still my favorite thing to make for breakfast, whether entertaining guests or cooking for myself.

This yogurt is wonderful over fruit–mangoes, yes, but just about any other fruit as well–and particularly good over steel-cut oatmeal.