Monday, 19 March 2007
Note that the road on the right of the image has no tracks, and remember that our Honda has street tires that are a wee bit worn, and you know that we left going slowly uphill in this unplowed territory, creeping through new snow that came almost to the underside of the car. Our host reports that the sun over the last few days didn’t produce much sap, but he’s got the buckets out in hopes.
Sunday, 18 March 2007
While we managed to capture many iconic images during yesterday evening’s festivities, the spoons fun generated the best for blogging.
Sunday, 25 February 2007
I promise—making shrimp our entree for this evening was not intended as a comment on the Academy nominees….
Friday, 23 February 2007
Made Spaghetti Carbonara for the first time today—last time, too. It would be difficult to raise the cholesterol in the dish; it has bacon, bacon fat, eggs, heavy cream, parmesano reggiano, and, just to make sure there’re plenty of carbos, there’s of course the pasta. Yummy. Worthy of only a rare indulgence!
Tuesday, 6 February 2007
Lots of techno-wizardry around here, culminating in, tada!, an almost complete transition to a new server! Night after night of intense labors by the Guru…so I made another lasagne, which has become our comfort food this winter it seems, to honor these undertakings.
This lasagne has a backbone of goat cheese and ricotta, with special appearances by some barely sauteed zucchini layers. I missed the pesto I used last time (herbs today: mostly thyme and marjoram).
Thursday, 1 February 2007
Ooops!
Reminded myself what a mess thermal shock can make of your oven.
Wednesday, 31 January 2007
I made (with JCB’s urging) an impulse purchase the other day, replacing my dead immersion blender with a new one, courtesy of amazon.com. I got the cheap, discounted version, and it arrived today.
Now I can make Dracula Chicken again!
BTW, just what is “effortless cleanup”? Even the easiest cleanup takes some effort, right?
Sunday, 28 January 2007
Forgot to mention I had lunch on Friday with the incomparable TH at—her suggestion—Food 101, just up the street. The chef himself actually served our shrimp-and-crabcake specials, blew me away! And, YUM.
Wednesday, 24 January 2007
We Americans, many of us, are lucky to have access to a huge bounty, daily, in supermarkets, convenience stores, and even stores like Target, a plethora of foods.
Some of us grab for what looks good (meaning we liked it the last ninety-nine times we ate it), and some of us are rather picky. That pickiness varies, however.
I’m picky based on 1) ingredients; and, 2) flavor.
I eat less meat that most of my contemporaries (but not all), and more than most of the human inhabitants of this globe. Offered above: vegetarian lasagne—whole-wheat pasta, long-simmering sauce from scratch, three kinds of cheese (should have been four), pesto added on top because I forgot to layer in the basil leaves.
See, one of a kind. Again, JCB would say.
…and you thought I’d never finish this entry without mentioning Michael Pollan’s The Omnivore’s Dilemma. Ooops.
Sunday, 21 January 2007
I’ve never seen a Starbucks like this. It’s in an old building (in Starbucks terms) overlooking Lake Lucerne on the Stone Mountain Highway (US 78), just east of Stone Mountain, right in central Georgia. Even curiouser, when we stopped by late morning, over half the tables were crammed with adolescent male Jews in long black overcoats.