Day 66

Sitting in a booth at Bill's today, a seven-mile stare, mentally compartmentalizing and contemplating life-altering decisions.  A cup o' coffee and an old-fashioned sour cream needed no thought, and I took comfort in their simplicity and familiarity.  I also made sure to bring some home.  It would be mean not to. 

Day 65

 In a week full of lessons and  rehearsals for our upcoming performance of J.S. Bach's St. Matthew's Passion, I am struggling to find time for recipe testing.  But, I did manage to bake a couple loaves of stout bread with maple and oats.  Wonderfully fragrant, great texture, and doesn't taste too bad either.  Let's see of I can squeeze in any kitchen time tomorrow.  

Day 64

 Inspired by this lovely, local hydroponic lettuce I found today,

 

I made these.  Lettuce wraps with pork and hoisin sauce, celery root, jicama, cilantro, mango, green onion, and peanuts.  Quite tasty.

Day 63

I spent my afternoon tackling this bag of salt & vinegar chips.  It had to be done.  My job as mother and teacher today required such an indulgence, as well as watching a couple hours of stupid television.  Yep.  See you tomorrow.

Day 62: And So It Begins...

The problem with starting new things is that you have to start at the very beginning...

I always have this strange notion in my head that when I try a new thing it will somehow magically turn it exactly how I want it, no changes, no experimenting required.  Than reality hits me on the back of the head.  

Today I made these lovely cookies.  Chocolate and stout cookies, with a lovely light texture, but...

They are missing that bitter chocolate stouty edge.  I will have to take a trip to the beer store and try again.  And probably again.

Day 61: Event Planning

Planning anything food related for m always starts like this: My laptop, a pile of food magazines and cookbooks, and a lot of chicken scratch on notebook paper.

Day 60: Meeting of the Minds

Last night we had a great time getting together with family and friends and brainstorming on some great ideas.  Here is my amazing friend Sarah showing her enchilada face.  Awesome.