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Mint Chip Ice Cream and Risotto
Lunch Today: Risotto, an orange, and ice cream
Well, okay, incredibly late lunch/breakfast-- I didn't get out of bed until 12:15. I do so love midwinter break.
Risotto:1 small leek ( Read more... ) -
To: whoever used my Silpat as a cutting board
...you really need to get me a new one. /bitchy.
Seriously, I would have liked to use it more than twice. There were going to be crackers. -
Om nom dinner
Dinner tonight: Marinated skirt steak, mashed potatoes, and broccolini.
Skirt steak from Shopper's Corner (I have found myself to be so unused to buying my meat from a package, not from people! Shopper's Corner has a great butcher's counter and some of the best meat prices/quality in town). I marinated according to the recipe in Ad Hoc (olive ( Read more... ) -
Food again
Tonight's dinner: Wild Snapper en Persillade, saffron rice, and steamed broccoli ( Read more... ) -
Food Blog, mark... whatever.
So I bought a new cookbook on Saturday, and cooked from it for the first time today. I would ABSOLUTELY RECOMMEND THIS BOOK for anyone with $50 to blow on a cookbook (ah, giftcards, how I love thee). Yes, some of the recipes seem complex (dinner ended up taking about an hour and a half to make (mostly because I decided to make two dishes that ( Read more... ) -
Students are kinda awesome.
In class today, we were discussing subject-verb agreement. I was comparing Susan and Jean to Susan or Jean, but a student asked about Susan or plural noun. The plural noun the students came up with? CYLONS. -
Robert Downey Jr-a-thon!!
We will be having a RDJ-a-thon on Saturday at the Scotts Valley house, starting at 1. We will be watching Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, Wonder Boys, Charlie Bartlett, Iron Man, and Sherlock Holmes. Or at least, that's the intention. Bring foodage, drinkage, and money for SH. Lemme know if you're planning to come (or just show up!) All y'all are welcome ( Read more... ) -
Fennel recs?
O great and wonderful friends list ( Read more... ) -
New Year's Eve Shindig
We're having a really low-key New Year's shinding at the Scotts Valley house, um, tonight. Bring food/drinkage/movies to watch. I'm playing with the pipe band from about 5-7, and will be back after. If people want to show up around 7:30, that would be shiny! Give me a call/leave a comment if you are planning to show up. We have places for ( Read more... ) -
More Food Blog
Farmer's market today! I continue my "curse" of mostly buying non-vegetable items at the farmer's market, so I decided that I'd make a meal full of vegetables: mashed turnips, golden beets, brussels sprouts, and bacon.
( Bacon cures (most) ills. )