Weekend Evaluation: I Just Want To Make An Omelet

This will be the last Geico reference for now - I promise.

We moved this weekend, so we were busy - but I was able to make an omelet.

Airing of Greivences: Good Beer Seal

For people who like beer you're late to the party.

Weekend Evaluation: This is Not Awesome

Maybe this should be an airing of grievances - but summer is the greatest time of the year; but it's also the most frustrating.  The produce is amazingly great, so you should cook at home all of the time, but it's so nice out you want to be out enjoying the weather.

I guess this is why people have grills.  Too bad we just bought tiny house and it doesn't even have any outdoor space.

On top of that, since everything looks great so I always buy too much at the farmer's market.  I don't want to miss out on a thing, especially in the early spring certain product comes and goes so fast.  You need to jump right on asparagus and favas since before you know it, they're gone.  So with this stuff on top of the regular CSA share I always have a slammed refrigerator every Saturday; and spend the weekend digging out of the mess. 

This week asparagus, rhubarb and scapes probably made their last appearance at the market, but cherries showed up, so I felt compelled to buy them with no real idea of what I was going to do.

Usually this means a lot of great food that's fairly easy to prepare and an opportunity to be creative; but not when you're not trying to prepare to move in less than a week and still get out and enjoy the 86 degree weather.  It becomes just one more thing you have to deal with, a chore...almost. 

This led to some rushed and sloppy cooking; pretty stupid.

Weekend Wrap-Up (June 5-6)

Bacon, Anyone?

Sorry this is up so late this week.

Here's what Tom made this past weekend:

- Oatmeal Ice Cream (my idea!)

- Pickled Asparagus 

- Smoked Bacon

- Smoked Blackstrap Molasses Ham

- Molasses Glazed Ham Steaks w/Mushroom Cognac Sauce; Sauteed Chard with Roman Beans and Smoked Bread Crumbs

- Fava Beans, Sauteed Garlic Scapes

- Whole Wheat Flat Bread

- Whole Wheat Sourdough Sandwich Bread

- Merguez Sausage with Grilled Spring Onion, Zucchini, Garlic Scape, Spinach, Olives, Feta with Flatbread and Potato Salad

Weekend Evaluation: Never Had a Touch to Lose

A minute to learn...a lifetime to master.

How can anyone get good at anything when you do it once a month at most - depressing.

Airing of Grievances: Who's With Me?

We'd like to know that people are actually reading our blog (and we're not just doing this to indulge Tom's obsessive nature). So let's get some comments, suggestions, questions, and possibly discussions going on here people!

Chaz, AKA Guanciale

Chaz and the Charcuterie Book

Weekend Wrap-Up (June 5-6)

Banger, Mashed Turnip and Turnip Greens with Onion Gravy

The amount of cooking taking place in our apartment is going to be steadily increasing over the summer because our CSA share has started up again. Every Thursday, we get a box full of veggies and fruits, and Tom has to figure out something to do with it all. It's been warm so far this year, so hopefully we'll get a good variety of things. Last year we got a lot of the same things, like cabbage (not one of my favorites), so that wasn't very fun.

For the most part, the CSA share is a good thing because we eat a lot of veggies and try some things we might never purchase at the farmer's market or grocery store. When was the last time you purchased daikon or watermelon radishes?

Weekend Evaluation: I heard if you don't use it, you'll lose it

I was out all day on Saturday at a cooking demonstration and a party.  On Sunday we were at the Mets game; so I didn't get make a ton of stuff.  Also we're moving soon, so I've been trying to clear out the freezer.

Airing of Grievences: This is a Cooking Demostration, not a Photo Shoot for Your Blog

Went to this yesterday - and after every chef did a demo there were 12 people (there were only 20 there) lining up to take pictures of the plated food.  

Weekend Evaluation: An Unfortunate Turn of Events for the Home Team

I wasn't planning on being home to cook that much this weekend.  we were supposed to be out of town at a family party on Saturday.  Well, thanks to some squealing, grinding brakes we were unexpectedly home on Saturday, so I did some cooking but no real projects - and we went out to eat a lot.  Luckily with a bike you can still get to a lot of food.

Maybe I'll include a couple restaurants in the Weekend Evaluation.

Weekend Wrap-Up (May 27-31)

 Asparagus, Portabella Mushroom and Spring Garlic Pizza

This weekend was our anniversary (May 27th- 3 yrs already!), and Memorial Day weekend. Tom didn't cook much because we were out and about as much as possible. We also had plans to visit family out of town, but some bad brakes on the car kept us home. We probably should have been doing more productive things than eating, drinking and riding bikes, but the weather was awesome, and it was a holiday weekend. And we needed some fun!

Airing of Greivences: Brasserie Des Franches-Montagnes

People have called BFM the brewer of the 'best beer in the world' - but I don't buy it.