Ten on Tuesday: 10 Things that Make you Feel Old

Ten on Tuesday: 10 Things that Make you Feel Old

From this site comes the following question: What are 10 things that make you feel old? Here’s my list, in no particular order: Forgetting to do this on Tuesday! Failing eyesight Being sore after an amount of exercise/work that used to NOT make me sore…

Ten on Tuesday: 10 Things that Make you Feel Old

Ten on Tuesday: 10 Things that Make you Feel Old

From this site comes the following question: What are 10 things that make you feel old? Here’s my list, in no particular order: Forgetting to do this on Tuesday! Failing eyesight Being sore after an amount of exercise/work that used to NOT make me sore…

A Long Time Coming…

A Long Time Coming…

This update is quite overdue, and for that I apologize. Thanks to my dear old friend Scott for the nudge to write this post. An update on Bean, our dear old dog who is battling liver cancer after beating spleen cancer: She’s hanging in there.…

Welcome Achilles!

Welcome Achilles!

In the late days of February 2011, the lack of a cat, specifically a Siamese cat, weighed on Wendy and me enough that Wendy started casting about for a Siamese. Not to take the place of Akhenaten, which can never happen, but to bring their…

Andrew Vogel, CCC

Andrew Vogel, CCC

I passed my American Culinary Federation Certified Chef de Cuisine (CCC) examination in an intense 3-hour practical examination today (after previously completing a paper exam and three 8-hour refresher courses)! Tonight, Wendy and I celebrate! (And today is Achilles’ 3rd birthday, so happy birthday to…

Persistence Pays Off

Persistence Pays Off

Thank you all for being such a persistent bunch! Several of you asked for more information about the examination I took last Saturday, my menu, and some particulars. I am flattered by the interest. Here you go… My menu: Sauce Veloute (Chicken Stock) Sauce Espagnole…

…and then this happened!

…and then this happened!

Want to know why? Drop me an email at my email address and we’ll add you to the list! Wendy donated a bunch of her hair to Locks of Love tonight…