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DINNER 350: Sunday, December 17, 2006

This afternoon, Wendy & I ‘catered’ an annual event for Over The Rhine. After their Christmas Concert on Saturday, they host a smaller-scale acoustic show/meet & greet at St. Elizabeth’s Church in Norwood. Wendy & I take care of cookies, cheese, veggies, candy, soda, wine, and lots of other food-related […]

St. Elizabeth's, 2006

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DINNER 351: Tuesday, December 19, 2006

This evening, I went directly down to Cincinnati State after my workday to assist Chef Grace Yek with a Team Building Cooking Class for 18 people. Chef Yek, Shannon, and I put all the mise en place together for four menu items: Edamame and Corn Salad with Ginger Dressing; Red […]

DINNER 352: Wednesday, December 20, 2006

After not feeling well last night and most of the day, I started feeling better in the mid-afternoon. Wendy & I went shopping at Jungle Jim’s for ingredients for the 8-course meal we’re preparing for my parents and a couple friends on Sunday and stopped at White Castle for cheeseburgers […]

DINNER 353: Thursday, December 21, 2006

Wendy had a beauty treatment tonight after work so I spent the evening taking to the trash the MOUNTAIN of boxes we had accumulated from ordering most of our Christmas presents for everyone from the Internet (that took a while) and working on my preparation timeline for the multi-course meal we’re preparing for […]

DINNER 354: Friday, December 22, 2006

This evening, Wendy and I attended the first-ever Junior American Culinary Federation Dinner at Cincinnati State. A group of students in the Federation prepared a very nice meal — Roasted Butternut Squash Soup; Marinated Pear and Gorgonzola Salad with Caramelized Walnuts and Balsamic Vinaigrette; Turkey Roulade with Sausage Stuffing; Green Beans […]

DINNER 355: Saturday, December 23, 2006

After cooking all day for the dinner we’re hosting tomorrow, Wendy & I met up with Dave for dinner and some last minute shopping (we needed to find plates for the ravioli course and the cheese course and maybe the dessert course, and some more table decorations (since the decorations […]

DINNER 356: Sunday, December 24, 2006

As you saw in yesterday’s blog post, here is the menu we served for Christmas Eve. Here, I’ve expanded it to include the wines we served. My mother & father joined us, along with Paul, and Deb, two close friends. After Wendy & I went shopping Wednesday evening, I worked much […]

DINNER 357: Monday, December 25, 2006

MERRY CHRISTMAS! Wendy & I woke up early to celebrate our Christmas together with the pets. Once done with that, we headed over to Wendy’s family’s home to celebrate with them before being joined in the evening by Wendy’s extended family and my parents to celebrate some more. Dinner was chicken, […]

DINNER 358: Tuesday, December 26, 2006

After the hectic holidays, Wendy & I snuck to a dark, quiet Chinese restaurant (whose name I do not know — it’s the one near the Outback & Taj Mahal restaurants) for really good carryout-style food. Wendy had Pad Thai, I had General Tao’s Chicken (which was the weakest dish […]

DINNER 361: Friday, December 29, 2006

Wendy had some cake decorating to do this evening, so we’re spending a very-much-appreciated night in. We had LaRosa’s bring us dinner. Wendy got her usual Deli Ciabatta, and this time I switched it up a bit and got Cheese Ravioli and a salad. Everything was very good and filling! […]

DINNER 362: Saturday, December 30, 2006

Tonight, Wendy & I joined Anne and Larry for dinner to celebrate our anniversary at The Phoenix restaurant in downtown Cincinnati. The restaurant at The Phoenix has been satisfying Cincinnati locals and visitors for over 20 years. The food and service have received high marks in the Zagat Survey and […]

The Phoenix Restaurant

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DINNER 363: Sunday, December 31, 2006

Our last dinner of this year-long experiment, and our last dinner of 2006, was anything but glamourous. Wendy was working on her Photo Gallery Cakecentral on CakeCentral.com”>anniversary all day (it took about 7 hours) so we were home for lunch (leftover LaRosa’s pizza) and for dinner (a couple cans of Chef […]

RECIPE 0: A new feature on the site

Last year, we took a look at all the dinners I ate — each and every night of the year — and that experiment seemed to go very well. This year, I’m going to post a recipe each-and-every week. The recipes will come from different sources, and will be all over […]

RECIPE 1: Hollandaise Sauce — Bittman

Our very first recipe for 2007 is for a very easy, tasty Hollandaise Sauce from Mark Bittman. His method turns the difficult classical preparation of this sauce on its ear. This is the fool-proof way to prepare Hollandaise! -= Exported from BigOven =- Hollandaise Sauce — Bittman Once a challenging […]