May The Stars Light Your Way
From WILD FOOD FROM LAND AND SEA, by Marco Pierre White: “A young female food writer once asked why chefs couldn’t cook a nice plain piece of grilled fish. Well, we can and we do, but we have to dress it up for our customers.…
“Peace. It does not mean to be in a place where there is no noise, trouble or hard work. It means to be in the midst of those things and still be calm in your heart.” –Unknown
Sunday, 5/20/2012 was a very sad day at the Vogel household. On Sunday evening, we reluctantly bid farewell to Merrick, a cat who was Wendy’s “perfect, precious angel boy”. Merrick was 16 years old, and one of the original “Wendy Trio” that came with her…
Congratulations to Wendy who participated in the Cincinnati Flying Pig Marathon 2012 on Sunday, May 6. For a variety of reasons, she wasn’t planning on participating this year, but at the last moment, my company’s relay team needed a replacement. I mentioned that to Wendy,…
Ah, Spring. How I’ve missed you… Sort of. After the non-winter we had in Cincinnati this year, the weather resembles just a longer, slightly-warmer winter.
However, it’s easy to tell that Spring is in the air… My allergies, dormant much of the winter, are starting to wake up and react to the allergens in the air. I’m sneezy and runny-nosed. My co-workers laugh at me because I always have tissues with me. Always!
In other news, some cool software releases approach… The long-awaited Diablo III and Guild Wars 2 both release in the next 60 days (in fact, I am currently downloading the beta client for Guild Wars 2). Wendy & I played the crap out of both of these titles in earlier releases, and look forward to getting back into them.
It’s been quiet around DrewVogel.COM for far too long. Seems the more full my life gets, the less time I have to blog about it! Still doing the usual stuff… work, teaching at the culinary college, restaurant stuff, working culinary events around the city, and…
