May The Stars Light Your Way
Currently reading ONLY REVOLUTIONS by Mark Z. Danielewski, the author of the very-weird and much-enjoyed House of Leaves. This book is more challenging than House of Leaves and I am not immediately enjoying it as much. However, I will stick with it. If you’re interested…
Tonight was Ed’s night to pick and he selected the CACTUS PEAR restaurant in Clifton. I joined the gang late because of a meeting so all I had to eat was a bowl of roasted potatoes. Seemed like everyone was having a blast and I…
I decided to put down ONLY REVOLUTIONS for the time being. Though I was enjoying the book, I was struggling with it because this period of time is so busy with the holidays and my busiest time at work. I kept losing the thread of the book because…
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,…
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…
 -= Exported from BigOven =-African Peanut Soup A spicy-sweet contrast make this soup a special treat. A good use for leftover pumpkin. Canned puree of sweet potato or yams can be substituted. Increase the heat by adding more red pepper or red pepper sauce.…
                      -= Exported from BigOven =-        Milk Chocolate Mousse Cake with Hazelnut Crunch Crust Layers of chocolate mousse made with gianduja, the luscious Italian hazelnut-flavored milk chocolate, and chocolate genoise top a base of hazelnut crunch. DO-AHEADS: Cake layer, 1 day; assembled cake,…