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Cooking
Every year I try to learn something new in the kitchen or practice something that I learned. Trying new recipes to change up the menu at home is something that happens fairly often. I occasionally look through magazines or cookbooks or see what my friends are trying to come up with ideas ( Read more... ) -
Makin' Bacon
Yup, finally felt inspired and am curing 3.5 lbs of bacon. Should be done tomorrow and ready for the final cure. Could not find frisee at the one store that I went to (ironically it's the same place I found the pork belly). The plan is for frisee lardon. Not sure what I will serve with it, but it's what I'm hankering for at the moment ( Read more... ) -
Talk About Eye Candy
Found this to be visually stunning and I would go to an Alexia Sinclair exhibition in a nano-second.
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Awake, awake
the dawn is here . . . well almost ( Read more... ) -
Really?!!
I've been awake since 2 am and worked until 4, but can't seem to either focus now or fall asleep.
TOM left for his roadtrip on Saturday. Thus far we have had no major meltdowns and are interacting better than on the weekends when we are all home. Of course it helps that the dog is on the roadtrip and that there is a new Plants v Zombies game for ( Read more... ) -
Ice Cream Weekend
So, I've been promising ice cream to some folks at work. I made some espresso ice cream that kicked butt, the cherry came out fine but only because I refused to use the base that they had and used the BH hotel base that I got in school. It's not quite there yet. I pulled it of the internet and there is one measurement missing. I assumed 3/4 of ( Read more... ) -
Gnomeo & Juliet
It seems that everywhere I turn, I'm confronted by gnomes. Not that I'm complaining ( Read more... ) -
Despicable Me
We saw it yesterday in 3D and it was well worth it. Loved the movie, so it's probably good that I'll be seeing it 500 more times after it hits DVD. I swear of I hafta watch "Milo & Otis" one more time, that little piece of plastic is going to live in a box in the closet ( Read more... ) -
Cooking Up Storm
So last weekend there was an event in Palm Springs that brought several friends to town. Rather than one big meal, I decided to do two small ones ( Read more... )
