Runs with knives!
Tonight, we met our friends Robin & Dave for dinner, which we planned over e-mail. We were all surprised when Robin, a notoriously picky eater, quickly agreed to LuLu’s. The three of us knew that it would be well outside Robin’s sphere of culinary comfort, but we went along…
Wendy & I were guests at the Midwest Culinary Institute at Cincinnati State Technical and Community College for dinner this evening. The Production Cooking class does large-scale dining, and tonight was a buffet featuring chicken and rice soup, lamb crusted with mustard, sweet potatoes with…
Scott (Skippy), a plugin author and fellow WordPress-user, has included me on my first-ever meme and it’s my pleasure to participate.
Four jobs that I’ve had
* Upholsterer
* Every possible position at Bill Knapp’s restaurant
* Wage-slave at Blockbuster Video
* Actor
Four movies I can watch over and over
* Serenity (sigh)
* Rocky Horror Picture Show — my wife was Janet (“slut!“) in a theatrical production
* 12 Monkeys
* Defending Your Life
Four places I have lived
* Pittsburgh, PA
* Cincinnati, OH
* Newport, KY
* Fairfield, OH
Four TV shows I like to watch
* IRON CHEF / IRON CHEF AMERICA
* Firefly (sigh)
* 24
* House
Four foods that I like — tough for me to limit to just 4 since I am a foodie!
* Foie gras
* Vietnamese goat soup
* Asparagus sorbet
* Uni (sea urchin)
Four websites I visit daily
* Blue’s News
* Del.icio.us
* Over the Rhine and their forums
* eGullet and their forums
Four things I want to do before I die
* Visit Japan and the rest of the world
* Scuba dive in the greatest places in the world
* Procreate
* Set the world record for oldest healthy man
Four people I’m tagging
* Doug (Apakuni)
* Carl (Rabbitt)
* Gregor
* Marty (Dracos)
Yes, I know… I . It’s brain-candy and uber-lightweight. I’m going into rehearsal for a show and need something that’s not-too-weighty to occupy my limited downtime. Plus, we adore the television show.
A simple dinner for us tonight as we stayed home to prep for a party we’re hosting tomorrow night. Wendy ate a Lean Cuisine and I had Chef Boy-Ar-Dee ravioli.
Tonight, we entertained our friends Brian and Milan at our house. We’ve known each other for a couple years now, since we met them at Scilla, the now-closed Japanese/Korean place we used to frequent. They’d invited us out to their new farmhouse a few months back, and we were excited to return the favor.
Wendy &Â I prepared the following menu for them:
We served each with paired wines, and everything was very good. We had a great time with Brian & Milan!
This evening, we enjoyed leftovers from the previous night’s dinner. Because it was cheaper to buy a whole pork loin and butcher it myself than to buy a butchered amount, we ended up with lots of pork. I cooked two roasts for our dinner party…