I'm posting a lot more regularly at the food blog, and am incorporating more of my daily life stories there, so I invite you to take a look. I feel that keeping two blogs will be redundant, so I don't think I'll post here very often unless it's a story that can't be told around a meal. :)

Our friend Rob sent out an email that listed the things he was grateful for in 2008, and it made me think upon this last year with almost a bit of regret. I don't think I did anything that I'm particularly proud/excited about other than being lucky enough to have the usual - love, family, friendship, food. I mean, not that any of these things are ( Read more... )

Depressing news to report. I went to Old Navy to try to find replacement jeans because my current favorite pair has developed an unfortunate hole. Last time I was at Old Navy, the miracle of miracles occurred, and I was able to immediately find a pair of size 6-short skinny jeans that were absolutely perfect ( Read more... )

My, oh my. We finally finished the turkey leftovers last night. There is still a load of frozen gnocchi in the freezer, a small amount of mashed potatoes (which may go into some stuffed peppers tonight), and lots of panzanella. I don't think anyone liked the panzanella. That's what I get for not auditioning it before the big day ( Read more... )

Dear God. I've been meaning to update.

I'm excited about my Thanksgiving Eve benefit at Room5 tonight. Should be a good time. And I'm bribing people with pie. Mini buttermilk sweet potato pies, that is. And I only had the patience to make 21 mini pie crusts, so I had enough filling to make a 9-inch tart as well. Which left me out of flour so I had ( Read more... )

Hi strangers ( Read more... )

Cranky Crankenstein checking in here ( Read more... )

Had an absolutely glorious weekend ( Read more... )

Okay. Anyone else in LaLa agree that the weather right now is downright CREEPY?

I am in such a terrible mood. I don't want to talk about it. I'd like to focus on what I'm making for dinner.

When we discovered that we actually have a night to ourselves tonight and would be eating in, Matty jokingly said he wanted fried asparagus, spinach and halibut. So here's the riff:

Steamed Cod w/ Coconut Chutney
Asparagus Tempura
Spinach ( Read more... )