Saturday was the eater’s 30th birthday. The eater gets to try many of the desserts I make, and from experience, I was pretty sure she didn’t want a cake for her birthday. I tried to think of something interesting to make, but I was just drawing blanks, so I did what any normal guy would [Continue]
There’s firsts for everything, this time it’s the first time that I’ve been tagged for a meme. I’ve been tagged from the other side of the globe by a young girl from Singapore. (foodgeek has made it to Singapore, pretty amazing.) So here’s the deal: – Players must list one fact, word or tidbit that [Continue]
Sunday I had guests over for an impromptu dinner. I was mulling over what I should serve, trying to come up with something a little more fancy than pasta or burgers, when the eater suggested we have polenta. While this is a rather vague and wide-open suggestion, I had just the thing in mind with [Continue]
Long ago (four years, to be exact) when I lived in New England, I never paid much attention to the bounty of seafood that was available here. I never noticed all the haddock, pollack, and cod to eat nor did I ever think twice about the wonderful clams, scallops, and not to mention, lobster. Coming [Continue]
It’s been almost a month since my last post. In that time I’ve: started a new job, got a new house, and moved in…mostly. I’m still unpacking what seems to be hundreds of boxes with no end in sight. The good news is that my kitchen is almost completely unpacked and ready to go. Things [Continue]