Z spent two Saturdays building Walter a tower. I was rather skeptical. I like it ok but design it is not. Note the dwarfed dining room chair at left and my arm at right. It is very tall, and as his mom says, elaborate. Walter loves it.
yesterday I had the bright waking idea to look up Red Robin and see if there was any progress made towards opening restaurants in Florida. I was surprised to see that one had opened in Port Orange, a small town just south of Daytona, maybe an hour or so from home. I am not sure what even prompted the look. Z says craving? I think it could be that. It isn’t really the food, which I like, but I think the idea that I went there for years with my family and they continue on. I am kind of interested in Honeybaked ham too lately so it must be the same thing.
Last night we got home around 5:30 with no immediate plans for dinner and a looming three day weekend. Z said, ‘Let’s head to Red Robin then…’ So we did.
have you ever noticed that everyone writes about their successes. I am here to tell you I made (ok, tried) to make falafel tonight and wow, I bombed! Total dinner fail. I made sauce from scratch and had na’an and feta ready to go alongside my favorite spicy hummus. We’ll be looking for a good middle eastern restaurant in Orlando if you know of one.
>so, I was reading through Serious Eats while the sauce simmers and the noodles bubble and I ran across a thread called ‘you might be a foodie if…’ hahaha. I am so guilty.
…you read cookbooks for fun, like some people read Twilight. Check.
…you treat going to the supermarket as a field trip. Check.
…you visit grocery stores like they are a tourist destination while you are travelling out of town…
Check.
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pray for our friend Rachel of fromtheflat.com – she misses sunshine and lizards in the cold and wet of London.
We made this Yorkshire pudding tonight. It is basically a vehicle for gravy. It is also strangely pretty.
This is based on a recipe from Tyler Florence’s book, Stirring the Pot. I bought it on a recent foray to Barnes and Noble. When I got home I realized I already had the book. This is an issue. Since then, I have gone through my cookbooks with two things in mind. Paring down and getting rid of the gravy that crowds out the meat. Needless to say, I have a good sized pile for either the Goodwill or for next year’s white elephant. I have also decided to cook something or other from every cookbook I own.
My Urban Pantry 
