It was a pretty typical week, with a nice mix of eating out and cooking, plus a party ( Read more... )

This was a good week for home cooking. I didn't make any new recipes, but I did make a bunch of things for the first time this year. I also had two new (sort of) restaurants on the books.

Sunday, August 4 - M and I joined several of our friends at Blossom to see Heart and Joan Jett. Before the show we met up at Pub Bricco. The food was reasonably ( Read more... )

As I roll into August, the number of repeated recipes has started to rise dramatically. And let me tell you, the air fryer falafel is so good it basically makes the air fryer into the "magic falafel machine".

Saturday, July 27 - M and I took my aunt out for lunch. We headed out to Chagrin Falls. This time we picked a restaurant called Bell and ( Read more... )

Sunday, July 21 - I made a giant Pan Bagnat sandwich for dinner, which generated a lot of leftovers for us. I'd first made it last year out of the September/October 2018 Eating Well. In retrospect, it works better for dinner for four than dinner for two, since the bread gets a bit soggy as leftovers ( Read more... )

I've been busy and exhausted, so here, have the longest meal update of the year. This one features a visit from both my parents and M's parents plus a bunch of air fryer experimentation ( Read more... )

For the second weekend in a row I was on the road, resulting in lots of eating out and lots of new restaurants for my list. This trip plus baseball also nearly doubled my repeated restaurants for the year. I probably need to break out travel restaurants to get a more accurate assessment of my normal habits, but that can wait until a future time ( Read more... )

This interval had my first major travel for the year, and not coincidentally has more restaurants and less cooking on it.

Friday, June 28 - When we landed in Oklahoma City, the first order of business was lunch. One of my sister's friends recommended what she said was the top Mexican place in town, so we went to Ted's Cafe Escondido. It was ( Read more... )

We're coming up fast on the half year mark. Let's get to it.

Thursday, June 20 - The East Coast Custard truck came to work. I stood in the rain to get cookies and cream custard. It was very worth it.

That night I made Zesty Shrimp & Black Bean Salad from Eating Well for the second time this year. I still haven't worked my way through all the ( Read more... )

There's been a lot of air fryer experimentation this past week. Let's break it down.

Thursday, June 13 - I tapped the June 2019 Eating Well for Creamy Lemon Pasta with Shrimp. It fell solidly in the "that's fine" category and won't replace some of my other shrimp and pasta combos ( Read more... )

This past week and change was delicious. I'm now at 162 days, or one baseball season.

Tuesday, June 4 - One of my most enduring favorites from Eating Well is the Greek Orzo Stuffed Peppers from the March/April 2009 issue. I was actually surprised to learn that I hadn't already made it this year ( Read more... )