May The Stars Light Your Way
Tonight’s dinner was the monthly Wine Dinner at the Iron Horse Inn. Ted, Tracy (her first wine dinner in some time!), Angel, Mike, Greg, Wendy, and I met at ‘the Horse’ to partake of the following menu: The Iron Horse Restaurant Treats From Our Cellar…
Wendy & I met Michael & Judy, who are 7 days away from expecting their baby! We met at Cactus Pear restaurant in Blue Ash for dinner and conversation. The southwestern cuisine of Cactus Pear is very enjoyable — we started with Flameado, an appetizer…
Today, Wendy & I ran some errands — getting new luggage for our upcoming trip to Mexico, buying another bookcase to load with books (mostly culinary books and cooking magazines. When we bought the bookcase, Wendy made me promise that she could have one shelf before I filled it!), and a bit of grocery shopping — before we headed to the nearby Ford plant to watch the local sports car club’s Autocross event.
Parnell, a friend of ours, was racing in the event and invited us to attend as spectators. We saw loads of cars — I happily noted lots of Miatas (they did very well overall) — and watched lots of races. Parnell’s Mustang Cobra GT did nicely as well.
After baking ourselves in the parking lot, Wendy & I met up with Dave & Robin to see NIGHT LISTENER at the local multiplex. It was an …okay… movie. The performances were okay, the story was okay, and the ending was, well, less than satisfying. But it was nice spending time with Robin & Dave.
Wendy & I came home and we peeled a bunch of carrots (and had a knife skills lesson, too) and made a simple carrot soup for dinner.
I worked at Jean-Robert at Pigall’s today, from 1:30pm until about 10:30pm. During that time, I worked prep in the main kitchen doing things like preparing an amuse bouche of steamed asparagus and goat cheese wrapped in puff pastry. This will be baked, sliced, and…
I thought I might have to go in to Pigall’s this evening, but in conversation with Jeremy, it was determined that I’d be more useful tomorrow, when I can work a full shift. So I had an unexpected, but welcome, evening at home with Wendy.…
I went down to Jean-Robert at Pigall’s after my day job today hoping to spend some time in the kitchen, but when I got there and checked the books, I knew that they’d have it well in hand without me, so I finalized plans with Jeremy as to when I’ll be coming in during the month of August. It’s only 3-4 times, fewer than I’d hoped, but I’m still happy to help out and am looking forward to to working with the guys again.
As a result, I got to come home early this evening and spend time with Wendy. We went to dinner with Dave & Robin (who were planning to eat at home, but were easily convinced to join us at Fuddruckers!) and then to Wal-Mart for a little bit of shopping — a cuddle-cup to replace the one that Buster finally peed his way through, a new pillow, a shoe rack, and a few other items.
I’m currently reading THE KITCHEN by Nicolas Freeling. I discovered the book in Anthony Boudain’s THE NASTY BITS and decided to track it down to read it. This is a 1970’s hardback edition of the book. It feels old, smells a little musty, and enchants…