February 2011
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It's a mad mad mad mad world...
…until someone brings out the cake.
When it comes to themed parties, my friends and I don’t mess around. This was our take on a MADMEN night of manhattans and gimlets, argyle sweaters, thick-rimmed spectacles, yellow taxicabs, politically [in]correct jokes, an excellent prime roast BEAST, a table scape to gaga over, endless stories, laughs and beautiful people. Can’t get any better...
January 2011
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My take on a Spiced Chocolate Torte, from the holiday edition of Bon Appetit 2010. I actually made this for a Thanksgiving get-together (I couldn’t wait) so that is fresh fall flowers adorning the ganache.
Wish I had taken a picture of slice…
Always a win-win with chocolate...
Let’s just say that although my first attempt at chocolate truffles proved to be rather soft (literally, it was unfortunately unmoldable at room temperature) all was not lost! […and when is it ever?! you say? Agreed.]
The following night, my roommate Adrian had some of our friends over for ‘just-like-your-mama-use-to-make-it’ casserole, giggles and vino (naturally,)...
You mean, you haven't heard of Ebelskievers?!
So my dahling friend, Eric Nitz’s mother loves to send him these random, but nifty little trinket for no better reason than a ‘just because.’ And on a regular basis. Sometimes I think that is way cooler than ‘just because flowers’ but I’ll never tell by boyfriend that. *wink* But anyway thumbs-up Madre Nitz. Such trinkets include, but are not limited to:...
No blizzard messes with my sunday funday
Lemon-Dill Salmon burger on cilantro-lime brown basmati rice with blanched spinach
Cilantro-lime basmati brown rice, sriracha, and salmon filet marinated with a sesame-ginger dressing, chives and a dash of chili powder
Macadamia-nut banana bread, Mac-nuts, perfectly ripened bananas and idea! courtesy of Eric Nitz
Despite the blizzard that hit Homaha last night, I am quite shocked by...
The start is always the hardest part.
So I’ve been waiting for months, procrastinating if you will, to embark on this in just the perfect way. Wording it just right, signing in with a BANG. But what I’ve just come to realize is that there is no perfect time; no ‘perfect time’ for anything really. The moment you seize what you been wanting makes that time, perfect. Oh, the parallels that are running through my...
