I’m really not much of a sports fan, I couldn’t even tell you who is playing this year – but I am a fan of a party so bring it on. As far as I’m concerned this Sunday night is all about the commercials and the food. My favorite snack dip is Buffalo [...]
Archive for January, 2009
“Supper”bowl
Posted in Uncategorized on January 30, 2009 | 6 Comments »
The year of the Ox
Posted in Uncategorized on January 28, 2009 | 1 Comment »
I was going to do a post about Chinese New year and the year of the ox. I thought I’d celebrate by making Oxtail soup. I saw a wonderful recipe for it with red wine and root vegetables the other day. As I started making my grocery list the thought hit me, The Ox is [...]
“Glore, Golem and Ushpizin” or My date with Troy
Posted in Life, Movie, Reflections, Uncategorized on January 25, 2009 | 6 Comments »
We’ve been going stir-crazy lately. The weather, our limited finance, the constant chaos that is teenage boys has left little time for “date nights”. But Saturday all the stars aligned and Troy and I found ourselves headed to St. Joseph Mo, with time on our hands and 50.00 in our pockets.
We hit a small snag [...]
Here today – gone tomorrow…
Posted in Uncategorized on January 22, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I went to the grocery store on Tuesday. I have three teenage boys. Today is Wednesday. That means this morning there were no eggs, no bacon, no milk and a only a couple of slices of bread (one being the heal). So my breakfast this morning consisted of peanut butter (pray for no salmonella poisoning) [...]
America the beautiful!
Posted in Uncategorized on January 22, 2009 | 4 Comments »
I was born in 1967 at the tail end of what’s considered the civil rights movement, smack in the middle of the Vietnam War and into the Nixon era. The TV seemed to always be on in my house and the news was never good. Even though I was young, I will have [...]
Ricky Raccoon meets his demise at 39th street
Posted in Uncategorized on January 13, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
One of the benefits of hiring a Personal Chef as opposed to a Caterer, is that I customize the menus specifically for the client. I will cook whatever you like. No onions? No problem. Gluten-Free? Absolutely! You want me to use your grandmothers meatloaf recipe with oatmeal and topped with ketchup? YUCK, but I will [...]
Dance like no one is watching
Posted in Reflections, tagged Reflections on January 9, 2009 | 8 Comments »
No matter how hard I try to stay away from New Years resolutions, something about the passing of one year and the beginning of a new one always seems to infiltrate my mind with pauses of reflection, a mental tally of my life over the past year and where I would like it to [...]
