May The Stars Light Your Way
This evening, we enjoyed leftovers from last weekend’s dinner. We dined on the leftover pork and sweet potato puree, with a dessert of Sticky Toffee Pudding. Tonight, we cut into the OTHER roast, which I’d prepared differently than the one we served to our guests. For…
This evening, we enjoyed leftovers from the previous night’s dinner. Because it was cheaper to buy a whole pork loin and butcher it myself than to buy a butchered amount, we ended up with lots of pork. I cooked two roasts for our dinner party…
Tonight, we entertained our friends Brian and Milan at our house. We’ve known each other for a couple years now, since we met them at Scilla, the now-closed Japanese/Korean place we used to frequent. They’d invited us out to their new farmhouse a few months back, and we were excited to return the favor.
Wendy &Â I prepared the following menu for them:
We served each with paired wines, and everything was very good. We had a great time with Brian & Milan!
A simple dinner for us tonight as we stayed home to prep for a party we’re hosting tomorrow night. Wendy ate a Lean Cuisine and I had Chef Boy-Ar-Dee ravioli.
Yes, I know… I . It’s brain-candy and uber-lightweight. I’m going into rehearsal for a show and need something that’s not-too-weighty to occupy my limited downtime. Plus, we adore the television show.
Scott (Skippy), a plugin author and fellow WordPress-user, has included me on my first-ever meme and it’s my pleasure to participate.
Four jobs that I’ve had
* Upholsterer
* Every possible position at Bill Knapp’s restaurant
* Wage-slave at Blockbuster Video
* Actor
Four movies I can watch over and over
* Serenity (sigh)
* Rocky Horror Picture Show — my wife was Janet (“slut!“) in a theatrical production
* 12 Monkeys
* Defending Your Life
Four places I have lived
* Pittsburgh, PA
* Cincinnati, OH
* Newport, KY
* Fairfield, OH
Four TV shows I like to watch
* IRON CHEF / IRON CHEF AMERICA
* Firefly (sigh)
* 24
* House
Four foods that I like — tough for me to limit to just 4 since I am a foodie!
* Foie gras
* Vietnamese goat soup
* Asparagus sorbet
* Uni (sea urchin)
Four websites I visit daily
* Blue’s News
* Del.icio.us
* Over the Rhine and their forums
* eGullet and their forums
Four things I want to do before I die
* Visit Japan and the rest of the world
* Scuba dive in the greatest places in the world
* Procreate
* Set the world record for oldest healthy man
Four people I’m tagging
* Doug (Apakuni)
* Carl (Rabbitt)
* Gregor
* Marty (Dracos)
Wendy & I were guests at the Midwest Culinary Institute at Cincinnati State Technical and Community College for dinner this evening. The Production Cooking class does large-scale dining, and tonight was a buffet featuring chicken and rice soup, lamb crusted with mustard, sweet potatoes with…