Food & Drink – killer puppy tails

Day 320, with a kickass recipe

One of the joys in my life is great restaurants. The joy of choosing a recipe and anticipating what new spin someone will put on it. Because of my allergies, I can’t get takeout anymore: I can’t talk to servers and cooks and ask about ingredients, and if something is wrong I can’t send itContinue reading “Day 320, with a kickass recipe”

Day 70, with Chocolate

I’m at that point in the negotiations between my allergies and my foodieness/not-quite-supertasting thing where everything I can eat that I can make for myself is annoying for some reason, except for chocolate*. Thing is, I also swell like a balloon when I eat too much sugar, so regular chocolate is pretty much out rightContinue reading “Day 70, with Chocolate”

Holiday Week Hindsight

So this past week has been one for the ages as far as I’m concerned. Not only is Jon still recovering from knee reconstruction surgery (quite well, but still, he’s got a limited range of available activities) but I managed to do some fun damage over the course of the week: I somehow managed toContinue reading “Holiday Week Hindsight”

Being Prepared – The “Oh Crap” Version

Soooooo Turns out that it doesn’t really matter how prepared you are if you don’t have a table big enough to put all your planned food on, and neither your kitchen counters nor your refrigerator have enough space to hold the food either. Time to switch mental processing hats from “foresight” to “seat-of-pants ingenuity” :x

Being Prepared – The Low Spoons Version

Knowing myself and my energy level these days, I’ve started prepping for Gluttony Day (so called because Thanksgiving has a racist history, but I still love food) WAY early. Did you know that mashed potatoes actually freeze really well? Therefore, mashed potatoes for Jon made and frozen! For tomorrow, I’ve got some plans for theContinue reading “Being Prepared – The Low Spoons Version”

Excellent Whisky (Plug)

If you are a fan of peaty whiskeys, The Balvenie’s 14 Y.O. Peat Week (2002 vintage) is extraordinary. (As a comparison, my favorite “buy regularly” whiskey is Laphraoig’s Quarter Cask, with Ardbeg’s Uigeadial as a close 2nd. I often buy The Balvenie’s Carribean Cask because of its sweeter flavors. If I have the option, I’ll sitContinue reading “Excellent Whisky (Plug)”

This Is a Post About Lentils

Yes, lentils. Y’ever have that experience where a food you thought you hated ends up becoming a favorite? If you have, you know the kind of “is that really me” sensation that goes with it. That’s me with lentils. Annnnd I kind of feel like a dufus about it. To give some credit to PastContinue reading “This Is a Post About Lentils”

Sundays are for cooking

…mostly, cooking food for the rest of the week. I’m a bit of a foodie, more so than Jon is, but we both love to cook. So this is one of the things I made today. Sage and Honey Cornbread. Stirred up and cooked while we were assembling breakfast sandwiches. We had to have aContinue reading “Sundays are for cooking”