May The Stars Light Your Way
From The Unlimited Mood, by way of Virtualzen… Five Items in My Freezer * Herbed Goat Cheese Polenta Cakes — I made it as an experiment some time ago * Vidallia Onion burgers just waiting to be cooked * An old, squarshed genoise cake — it’s…
After experiencing the petering-out of the second half of HEAT by Bill Buford, I’ve moved on to HAUNTED by Chuck Palahniuk. It’s got a scary-looking cover with a secret — it glows in the dark! Thematically, the book is about as far away from HEAT as you…
Number of books I own: Wendy estimates that we own over 400 books, appoximately 1/2 of which are cookbooks or kitchen related. Last book bought: THE SEASONING OF A CHEF Last book read: Just finished HEAT by Bill Buford Five books that mean a lot…
Using Mondo, I performed a comprehensive system backup today. The site was unavailable for about 25 minutes to verify the backup.
   It’s official. I’ve lost count of how many times I’ve worked at Jean-Robert at Pigall’s, but I was there again today, working prep only (arriving at 1:00pm and staying till about 5:30pm). While there, I topped-and-tailed snow peas, sliced shallots, helped with the…
We arose at the ungodly hour of 3:30am to get into the car and go to the airport. The only thing that could rouse us is the promise that, in a few short hours, we’d be in sunny Mexico, on the Mayan Riviera, sipping frosty…
This evening’s dinner was in Mexico’s Mayan Riviera. We stayed for a week at the Barcelo Maya Caribe Resort. Dinner tonight was at the buffet, featuring “Italian” food.