Let’s see if I can recreate – Monday was the I ♥ SLIS thing at Brocach – benefit for scholarships at the library school where I work. It got pushed back a little later in the day, so I didn’t go to my Dr.’s appointment after work (my dermatologist yearly full body scan that I […]
So, here’s what I got for playing fast & loose with Mr. Keller’s instructions: A large, oddly shaped loaf – because I didn’t rise it in a linen-lined bowl nor bake it on a stone in an oven with steam-generating chain and rocks. And I probably didn’t dock it – make the cuts – correctly […]
Little sliders with cheese inside, and brats. Flags. A dog named Toulouse wearing booties – who was amazingly well-behaved – didn’t even get near my foil pans of meat sitting on the ice. Cajun shrimp, chicken, jalapeños stuffed with cheese and wrapped in bacon. And, while I was writing this, they just played Jerry Garcia […]
It’s -5° outside, and I am working at home, so I thought I could steal the time to start a dough for some good bread from my new Thomas Keller Bouchon Bakery book, knowing that it will be a multi-day process, with short bursts of activity. The first step was reviving my sourdough starter that’s […]
So we went off to Seattle, where it was 45° and rainy, leaving Wisconsin, where it was in the 30s and snowy. Over the course of the 4 days we were away, it warmed up and iced in WI, but the most drastic changes have been last night and today. It was 50° and pouring […]
It was only Mark & I for dinner our 1st night at the librarians conference, so I took him to Tom Douglas pizza place, Serious Pie. The downtown one was too full, so we walked to Westlake.
It’s cold and salt-encrusted and dirty everywhere I look outside. I think I have permanent hat hair. And I know I’m not getting enough exercise. Hmm, must be midwinter. I’m keeping the fridge pretty empty, but I had a nice work breakfast of thick yogurt and thick preserves, topped with granola. After breakfast, things kind […]
So, like I said, we spent Saturday night in Minneapolis. Ethan wanted to meet up with his friends and go to the Gopher hockey game, so it was just me & Mark for dinner. We ended up at a brewpub called Republic. We were on the early side, so we could make our 7:30 play […]
We’re breaking up the winter doldrums with an overnight trip to the Twin Cities, to take Mark’s son back to school. We haven’t started on our quest for dinner yet, so no food pictures, tho we do have brunch reserves at Hell’s Kitchen tomorrow (BTW – huge oversight on their part that the mobile website […]
My choice of snacks didn’t help the Packers at all – they lost anyways. Seems to have been a big problem with their defense. The Packer salad – bacon & fried cheese curds on top of lightly dressed greens – was quite good; I’d make it again – with more bacon. The pizza pockets […]