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      • Good Things Come in the Mail
        12/31/06
        My fabulous friend, Betka, is here visiting from Portland. I picked her up from LAX last night, two hours late due to mechanical difficulty with her plane. We stayed up til 4am catching up and slept in this morning. In honor of her visit, I whipped up a yummy late breakfast featuring two items I&

      • Le Grind
        12/27/06

        I remember my mother and grandmother grinding meats when I was a child. It's a fuzzy memory, but I know it's there (note to self: ask Mom about grinding). I purchased my Kitchen Aid stand mixer when I remodeled my kitchen several years ago (there was less than no counter space in t

      • Starter Experiment #1
        12/26/06
        Well, my sourdough starter is finally big enough that I feel I can start to cook with it. I baked another American Loaf last night, so I didn't want to make more bread, therefore I chose to make pancakes instead. Just Julie and I were eating, so I halved the recipe below. The pancakes were g

      • My Cup Runneth Over
        12/26/06
        I am one lucky so-and-so, and I'm so, so lucky. For lots of reasons. But I'll get specific... This December Gift Exchange was incredible! My wonderful boyfriend and incredible friends were so generous. I am beside myself. Many food-related gifts were received this year and I'm p

      • Hooray for Leftovers!
        12/25/06
        Bob moved in about a year ago. He brought with him a Foreman Grill. I've never used one, but finally pulled it out today.

        I've been having my little holiday get-together with the same group of friends for over a decade. Every year, Ruben brings a Honeybaked ham. One year, I

      • Christmas Eve Bonanza
        12/24/06
        Hunter and I cooked all day. Actually, I started the day before. We were having friends over and there was no time to leave the kitchen. Hunter dubbed the menu "Fried Turkey with Appetizers". That sounds about right!

        The Menu:

        Smoked Salmon with Dill Dressing
      • Third, Third and Third
        12/23/06
        I needed to bake a cake for the In-law X-mas coffee and cake-a-thon on Sunday. (Germans do X-mas on the 24th... whatever.) So i rolled around online and found these 3 excellent cakes. Top, we have a Chocolate-Whiskey Bundtcake, Right; a Tasty Lemon Whiskey Bundtcake with glaze, and lastly, a Mexican

      • Funnynamejoy!
        12/22/06


        My need for Pancit Palabok overtook me, so Hunter and I took a break in our baking the other day to give Jollibee a try. I admit that I was a teensy bit worried as I haven't heard many good things about them. Quinn suggested that I hit them up for the Palabok Fiesta, so that'

      • Schiacciata to the locals...
        12/21/06
        Focaccia to you and me. that's what I wanted to make. It started out that I wanted to do something with the fresh oregano and rosemary I had for so long. (Usually I have a fresh rosemary growing, but during the heat wave we had while we were on vacation, all our plants died except the rubber pl

      • Grrrrrrrrrrrr Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrl
        12/20/06
        I'm peaved with Quinn.
        He hasn't been updating.
        Claims to not have had any good meals.
        Case in point... He went to Yukon Mining Company. When I said he should have posted about that, he said the food was unremarkable (read: not terrible enough to be funny) and there weren&

      • My Back Hurts, Therefore It's Xmas!
        12/20/06

        ^^Laundry Staging Area^^

        Hunter came over yesterday for the marathon of baking that is Xmas. I got up early and hit the grocery store, even managing to crank out a batch of cookies before he arrived. Our to-do list was daunting and, it turns out, a bit unrealistic. Here's ho

      • Started
        12/17/06

        All hail the internet! My sourdough starter has arrived in a plain envelope, tucked into a piece of paper printed with instructions and taped shut.

        ________________________
        (Content: Approximately 2 tablespoons)
        TO RECONSTITUTE: Put about a teaspoon of crushed flakes (you

      • Fear? What fear?
        12/16/06
        I've mentioned before my fear of baking. I am resolved to overcome it. Mine is a rather anti-Atkins existence and I'm determined to savor the joys of baking along with the carbs.

        Why all the anxiety you ask? Well, first of all, with the exception of some cakes and other sweet

      • Grateful, indeed.
        12/14/06
        It seems that every Xmas season I end up at the Grateful Palate website trying to justify ordering the Bacon of the Month Club as a gift for one of my friends. I still haven't done it, but one of these years, I'm sure I will. This year, I finally threw some money at them, even if I didn&

      • Morning Sunshine
        12/10/06
        I woke up this morning to this IM:



        It's so nice to have friends looking out for me! LOL

        Here's the link. It sounds terribly delicious...

        -steen

      • Guelaguetza
        12/08/06
        Our hours have been crazy; we've been up so late at night that we sleep in whenever possible. Therefore, as usual, we missed the DHL guy at our door early this morning. Bob was waiting for that package, so we bundled into the car and headed downtown, discussing our dining options along the wa

      • Best Date
        12/05/06


        I kid you not, this is one of the best things that I've ever put in my mouth. It's positively dreamy.

        This year, I spent the 4th of July up in Portland with my friends. One of whom, Kitten, brought Bacon Wrapped Goat Cheese Dates along for the festivities. We ate

      • It's the business...
        12/05/06
        In summer as well as winter there is a 'festival' in Munich known as 'Tollwood'. (interestingly it is a bit of a play on words as Tollwut which sounds similar means rabies.) Anyhow, Its not quite a festival as an Artsy-Craftsy fair with some live acts and a theatre tent set in th

      • Who doesn't love cookies?
        12/05/06
        Lately I have had an insatiable sweet tooth. What else is there to do but break out the baking sills and do some cookies? (Truthfully said, I would have rather made my Peanut-butter cup brownies, but i had no desire to go to the store, so I made good with what I had...)

        So other than the

      • Turk-ish Delight
        12/04/06
        So Steen suggests going down to USC for some Turkish Doner Kebap, something that she became smitten with in Germany. Ruben whipped out his bad-ass black-as-pitch gas guzzler and off we went. Look, Ruben, has to model at all times, even in the ‘hood….



        The mall is nothing to spe

      • Portobello & Fusilli Tricolore Extravaganza
        12/03/06

        ^^^^
        This photo was taken at 6am with my Treo. Please pardon the radioactive appearance; it really does look pretty in person.
        ^^^^





        I cannot stick to a recipe. This stubborn behavior always results in one of two outcomes - in the end, my finished pr

      • Score Chiba
        12/03/06
        One night months ago, I was at home working (oh... woe is me) and Bob was out with his friend, Bill at some prog-rock spectacular at Universal. After the show (and this is the part that made me jealous; I'm allergic to prog-rock) they drove deeper into the valley to go to Bill's favorite

      • From one chain to another...
        12/03/06
        I was on the phone with Ruben the other day. I was chomping down on the newly featured Crispy Shrimp Taco from my local Del Taco branch. I had decribed it as "an Admiral's Feast, wrapped in a flour tortilla." 10 bonus point for every one that got that.

        Quinn

      • Learning Curve
        12/01/06
        When Quinn suggested we do this blog, I thought it was a great idea. A terrifically fun activity for us to share, yadda yadda. Man, it keeps slipping my mind that I should be constantly attached to my little point and shoot camera. I just sat down after having made and eaten dinner, looked at the

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