May The Stars Light Your Way
This evening was the year’s last monthly (third-Tuesday) Wine Dinner at the Iron Horse Inn in Glendale, and the 14 people in our party sincerely enjoyed the event. Iron Horse blows it out a bit for the last wine dinner of the year — it’s a…
An at-home dinner tonight as Wendy picked up from Penn Station for me (chicken teriyaki) and Skyline Chili (three-way) for herself. While waiting for Wendy, I hard-boiled some eggs in preparation for the Cauliflower Polonaise I’m making for Thanksgiving and poached an egg just for…
Today, Wendy and I attended the birthday party of the 5-year-old daughter of friends of ours. Her party this year was at PUMP IT UP, and indoor facility with lots of inflatable stuff on which adults (and the kids) can play. It was a blast!
After that, we had to go to Wendy’s hospital to work with a client for a bit before heading to Jungle Jim’s to get some groceries. In the parking lot, we saw The Ambigram Car, an in-progress art car — you never know what to expect at the Jungle!
Once inside the Jungle, we happily bumped into my buddy Chef Jackson Rouse of Murphin Ridge Inn, and Meg. It’s been a while since I’ve seen Jackson, and even longer since I’ve cooked with him, so it was really nice to reconnect with them. I hope to spend some time in his kitchens in January 2007.
After shopping, we came home and I prepared dinner while Wendy worked on Marzipan fruit for a cake she’s preparing for the Thanksgiving celebration we’ll attend. For dinner, I made pommes anna, a classic French dish with thinly-sliced potatoes, salt, pepper, and clarified butter. I also made snow peas with shallots and balsamic glaze, and two duck breasts. It was very tasty, and it was nice to have a quiet dinner at home.
Tonight, Wendy & I drove up to Columbus Ohio to have dinner with Jon & Dawn, a very nice couple we met on our most recent trip to Mexico. We met them at Cap City Fine Diner, a restaurant that Wendy adores (and which happens…
Tonight’s dinner was a good one at the house — I had some cottage cheese, then I prepared a garlic duck breast, some creamed corn, and had some yogurt. Yummy!
My restful evening was interrupted when Wendy arrived home and informed me that we had to go get a birthday present for a friend of our’s whose party we’re attending this weekend. Wendy has thrown her back out so was in considerable discomfort (that my usual bear-hug/pick-her-up couldn’t mend), so we moved deliberately but slowly. We accomplished our task — the gift was secured — and headed to Frisch’s for dinner to-go. Wendy got a tuna melt and I got a Big Boy with Onion Rings. Very tasty!
Since I worked at Jean-Robert at Pigall’s this evening, my dinner was the remains of ‘family meal’ — barbecued chicken. It was a simple meal because the official mealtime was over, but I was grateful for the food since I was hungry!