Weekend Evaluation: Keeps the Hot side Hot, and the Cold side Cold

Gretchen's Mom was up this weekend, and we went to visit some friends who had a new baby, so it was busy yet again.  But I did cook a couple times, but didn't have any real projects.

Cook's Complaints: Duck Confit w/ rhubarb gastrique over mint/coriander israeli couscous, peas, and lentils

What I hate about blogs is that the writer's tend to make their lives sound perfect, or how they were always thrilled with how great they are a something.  I am not a great cook, I'm not even good - I'd like to think working at something daily and striving for a higher level will make you better, but I make the same mistakes over and over.  In the interest of improvement, I think that writing them down will keep me from repeating them.  So this is where I'll complain about the food, and follow that by a brief description by how I prepared it.

The biggest problem here was timing....