Day 2 (Monday): Homemade Jalepeno Cheese Bread sandwiches
The Great Gourmand Vacation Week continued on Monday with a recreation of one of my all-time favorite sandwiches: a steak melt on jalepeno cheese bread. I’ve sung songs about the valiant JCB in the past, and for good reason–the combination of creamy cheddar and spicy chile does wonders [...]
Day 2 of the Great Gourmand Vacation Week
the great gourmand vacation week: day 1
Through a series of coincidences, happenstance, and a handful of last minute plans, this week has been dubbed, for lack of a more grandiose term, the Great Gourmand Vacation Week. Ok, so a caveat–in “vacation” week I don’t actually mean I’m taking any time off work, but I do mean actively trying to spend [...]
a delicious transition
I’m behind again on my blogging. Too many projects going on at once.
Didn’t want to let two meals slip by unnoticed:
Last meal of 2007:
First meal of 2008:
Best Meals of 2007
I’m a little behind on the end-of-the-year roundups. But it was a good year for my tastebuds, and there are several unforgettable occasions that I feel deserve a little reflective love: 1. Thanksgiving in July, year two.
Hands down the best meal of the year. Hands down the best experience of the year.
TIJ (it’s [...]
Local, East Coast Style
The very first time I waxed poetic about eating locally, I got a response along the lines of: “You’re so lucky you can do that. You live in California.” It was the middle of winter, and I’m sure the person who said that pictured idyllic gardens and 70-degree days.
I had to admit Southern California [...]
Laundry Soup
There will always be times in life when we just really don’t want to be doing what we happen to be doing. For me, that time comes about once every two weeks, when it’s time to do laundry. But fear not my fellow laundry-despising friends. For when life hands you laundry, you can now [...]