I’m making Joel Robuchon bittersweet chocolate tart – on the first sunny, relatively warm (40°) day in March, when I probably should be out walking. It’s kind of a blast from the past; I think I first made it in the late ’80s sometime when the recipe was published in one of the cooking mags, […]
I did two half sick, half work at home days this week – Tuesday and Wednesday. I thought the fluffy cat would be happy that I was home, but she pretty much ignored me. On Tuesday I made oatmeal bread. I pretty much stayed indoors and worked, but took it easy, except for a quick […]
But it’s Tuesday … oh well. We went to our state library conference in Green Bay last week, drove up early on Weds. to get there in time to see Chip Kidd, and just stayed one night. We had dinner at a place called Chives – kind of a gastro pub, casual feel and good […]
On Wednesday I made panini – pesto and roasted peppers from the freezer, smoked Gouda from Farmer John via the co-op, and Tillamook cheddar & a loaf of bread from Costco. On Thursday, Spicy beef & peppers, although my perfect Japanese rice was not perfect – it stuck to the bottom of the pan. I […]
On Monday at 5:30, I had to do an online lecture for my organization of info class – 33 slides introducing library cataloging rules and record format…. We had an hour, up to an hour 15 allotted, and I planned to burn thru the slides, leaving 15 mins. at the end for a demo of […]
On Monday, Mark took us girls (me and our exchange student) out for dinner for valentine’s day. It was the first Monday our local & organic Italian place was open – after years of being closed on Monday nights. It was my first day back at work with my broken toe. I gimped to the […]
In 2009, I made John a salted caramel chocolate tart for his birthday. I think it was the cover recipe in Saveur that month. It was good, but I got the caramel just a little too dark, and I never made another. Today, just a few days away from John’s birthday 2011, I was browsing […]