Good Stuff

The end of an era.

2009-10-05T21:17:00.002-04:00

I never thought I'd live to see the day that Gourmet magazine would shutter its doors.On the other hand, given the prevalence of The Food Network and online, well, everything, I suppose I shouldn't be all that surprised.Still, it's like a part of me is gone. I was hoping to work there someday and it saddens me that magazines are doing so poorly and this one in particular.Nothing left to do, but

Roasted red pepper pesto.

2009-09-26T18:08:00.003-04:00

Mom and Dad's vegetable garden is doing wonderfully well this year, it appears, and they have been sharing the largesse. The last batch was a bunch of bell (red, green and yellow) and chili peppers. Having just finished off the last of an epic batch of fresh pesto, I was trying to think of ways to use the peppers, flipped open America's Test Kitchen and, hey presto, red pepper pesto. With a

New look, new place, new... everything.

2009-08-06T11:41:00.003-04:00

August 24 - 30 is DC Restaurant Week.I just got weighed and body fat checked at the gym this morning- no surprise, following the concussion, the move, the trip, the return, etc. I'm up again. 145lb. 15.7%. That said, I'm still 15 lbs. lighter than I was when I first started working out over 2 years ago, still a size 8, and I'm relatively certain that if I actually DID my cardio (I'm a lying liar

California (food) Love: Part 1

2009-08-01T10:39:00.011-04:00

I just got back from California, and boy are my arms tired.Well, that's a lie- I didn't just get back. Physically I've been back for a week, but mentally I'm still on the plane eastbound. It's hard to get the West Coast out of your mind. It took me two/three days to relax into it, by which time I had to start thinking about the return trip, because East Coasters? We're a tense, driven bunch.

Life is tart one moment and sweet the next.

2009-04-28T20:53:00.005-04:00

My electric oven exploded in a shower of sparks the day before Easter. But unlike Jesus, it didn't rise again. It was quite spectacular. I had just broiled a burger and sweet potato fries for dinner, and thought I'd just, you know, lower the heat about 150F and then pop in the carrot cake I had promised to bring to Easter dinner at the farm. But alas, that's when the heating element in the

The memory of delicious things past.

2009-03-17T22:49:00.006-04:00