Month: June 2006

DINNER 152: Thursday, June 1, 2006

DINNER 152: Thursday, June 1, 2006

Another quiet night at home tonight — how nice! Wendy & I went back to Wal-Mart to get a baby gate for Buster since he’s now more mobile (see yesterday’s story). We’ll put the baby gate at the top of the steps when we’re upstairs…

DINNER 153: Friday, June 2, 2006

DINNER 153: Friday, June 2, 2006

Wendy & I had a nice ‘date night’ tonight. We decided to go to the IRON HORSE INN in Glendale for dinner and some wine. We sat downstairs, in the red room, and had a nice quiet dinner. Wendy had lobster bisque and a salad…

DINNER 154: Saturday, June 3, 2006

DINNER 154: Saturday, June 3, 2006

We went to Tracy’s house tonight to participate in a Project Linus blanket-making that Holly organized for us.

Everyone brought something to eat in addition to their blanket-making materials, so we had fried chicken, mac & cheese, a couple different salads, cookies, and desserts. I made a “Frosty Strawberry Pie” that was pretty good.

It was fun sitting with everyone and making fleece blankets for kids. The gallery of pictures is here, and below are a few shots from the evening.

Most of the gang at the blanket party.

Drew at the blanket party. Ted & Tracy at the blanket party.

Wendy, Drew, and Robin at the blanket party.

DINNER 155: Sunday, June 4, 2006

DINNER 155: Sunday, June 4, 2006

We had a fairly busy but pleasant day today. The weather was perfect with beautiful blue skies and very low humidity. We went to the book release party of our friend Rose who just released SO YOU WANT TO BE A MEDIUM?. The party was very…

Reading: The Perfectionist

Reading: The Perfectionist

I decided it was time to take a break from the excellent Repairman Jack series and to read something else. I decided to read The Perfectionist by Rudolph Chelminski about the life and death of French chef Bernard Loiseau. This is a real insider’s look…

DINNER 156: Monday, June 5, 2006

DINNER 156: Monday, June 5, 2006

Another Monday, another evening of GARDE MANGER at Cincinnati State. We’re in week 8 out of 10 of the class. We worked hard this evening to prepare our proteins for our final, which occurs in 10 days time. Tonight, I worked on Roasted Asian Duck Galantine and a Duck and Smoked Foie Gras Terrine. I got most of the prep work done on them, as I anticipated. Had the class stayed until the scheduled ending time (instead of leaving an hour-and-a-half early, as usual), I could have cooked them off and been totally done with them. As it stands, I’m happy with where I am in my prep; the hardest prep for the final, it seems, may be behind me.

I came home and ate LaRosa’s cheese pizza for dinner and spent time playing HALF LIFE 2: Episode 1 while Wendy finished Lord of the Rings: Battle for Middle Earth II. She’s considering going back and playing as the Evil side (she finished it with the Good side).

DINNER 157: Tuesday, June 6, 2006

DINNER 157: Tuesday, June 6, 2006

Wendy & I ate at Bahama Breeze this evening. We started our meal with some of their sweet, fresh Cuban Bread. Wendy had paella and I had a pizza with portobellos and goat cheese. Everything was very good! After the meal, we stopped by Wendy’s…