Darn you, Alton Brown, for making it look so easy.

Really, it didn't turn out awful, just a little over cooked on the outside. I think next time I decide we need Chicken Kiev, I'll go pick up some of the premade ones in the frozen food section of the grocery store. 

So, the blog is officially up, AND I've posted twice!

Feel free to follow: kitchenstitchery.blogspot.com

Everyone has a blog these days, and some even make some money from it, so I've decided to create a blog. Not a personal one, like LJ, but something public that chronicles my cooking and crafting. Only problem is that I can't think of a name.

It's not necessary to include 'JavaLuv', but I do like my handle. Any ideas?

I just watched part of an ABC Nightline broadcast from Thursday, Feb. 4, talking about plastic surgery. The whole time I kept thinking, "Why ( Read more... )

I watched 'Food, Inc.' yesterday. It's available through Netflix instant viewing. I'd already read "In Defense of Food" by Michael Pollan, and new the theory that if you consumed higher quality food, you'd feel sated faster and longer, thereby causing you to eat less. I could see the truth in this idea, but today I experienced it for the first time ( Read more... )

Yesterday I watched the documentary, "America the Beautiful". It is available for instant viewing on Netflix, for those of you who have Netflix accounts ( Read more... )

I had the following conversation with my son this morning:

Me: Do you want to wear your Halloween shirt?
Him: No.
Me: Do you want to wear your computer shirt?
Him: No.
Me: Are you going to say no to every shirt so you can run around naked?
Him: Yes!

Not even two, and already a comedian.

I can no longer swear while I'm driving ( Read more... )

Lucien has been napping for almost two hours this morning. Despite waking up with him at 5:30 this morning (in addition to being up a little at 1:30am listening to him fuss through the baby monitor), I decide not to take a nap myself. Instead, I've finally made some decent progress on one of my many stitchig projects ( Read more... )