Archive for the 'About me and this site' Category

When I began this blog, I promised myself that I would post regularly on weekdays, giving myself the weekends off. However, this week I’ll be out of town on Monday and Tuesday, preventing me from writing.
But it is for good cause: Monday I’ll fly to to Norfolk, Virginia, to get ready for my first court […]

A collection of what was posted here and elsewhere during the work week.

I introduced my orange tres leches with chocolate candied orange peels, experimented with neck (which my friend Greg pointed out can be done in numerous forms of braising) and we debated pre- and post-tax tipping.

The ever-talented Clotilde Dusoulier of Chocolate & Zucchini provided a […]

This post has been circulating various blogs. I picked it up from one of my new favorites, Rasa Malaysia. So here are my five.

I’ll try any food once. Nothing is too disgusting. In fact, if you cook it a different way, I’ll try most anything twice. I find that I benefit from this more often […]

An Appetizer

It’s 11:18 in Nebraska. Cold, wet, dark. I’ve spent the last four hours of my evening first wrestling with New York Strips that smoked too much and then with WordPress.
As you’ll soon discover, I’m a ”newbie” when it comes to blogging. Site design is foreign. Success with my FTP is fleeting, at best. But nonetheless, here am […]