Last night I served another Dinners on Wisconsin Dinner – 7 students, and really a nice bunch. Foodies and knowledgeable about food, but not pretentious about it at all. A few of them go to the slow food student dinners, and mentioned guest chef-ing – I’d love to do that. I think they’re getting Tory […]
For weeks I’ve had achey glands in my neck and groin. Kinda fatigued. Pain in my right shoulder and upper thigh on the same side – sometimes I limp when I get up from sitting. Yesterday I had a bellyache, and today I’m still a little iffy – but we think that’s because the milk […]
2011 REAP Pie Palooza – I’ll have to wait to find out the totals – last year we served about 450 – and this year we added a 4th seating, so I’m sure there were a few more. I’m the expediter, or pie queen, or maybe empress – my job is to manage the kitchen […]
Tonight for dinner I made vegetable croquettes, little fried patties that used up that stalk of broccoli that’s been in the veg bin for probably three weeks, the dab of mashed taters left from Thursday or Friday last week, the dab of pumpkin purée left from Sunday’s sticky pudding, and the last few leaves of […]