Our across-the-street neighbor, Matt, is an unbelievably good guy. He's taken very good care of us this summer, what with mowing the lawn and helping out with fallen branches--I honestly don't know what we would have done without him ( Read more... )

I had some leftover spaghetti, and a taste for bacon and eggs.

And shredded cheese never hurts anything.

So I decided I was going to do something with all of them, and this is what the results were...

( Spaghetti Frittata... )

Dinner tonight was shrimp fra diavolo, a spicy Italian dish which takes its diabolical name from the idea that the Devil can disguise his fiery nature by dressing as a monk--thus "Fra Diavolo", or "Brother Devil". This idea was explored in Marlowe's Dr. Faustus, but comes from a time that predates him, and is no doubt as old as the proverb of the " ( Read more... )

One of the rules in this house is that, on your birthday, you can have whatever you want to eat, and all the rules get ignored.

As you can see, that rule has already applied once today in regards to the birthday cake.

It's even more out of mind for dinner.

( I'm your chef, not your doctor... )

Thanksgiving is one of my favorite cooking days of the year, because it gives an opportunity to cook things that you really don't cook at any other time ( Read more... )

My husband is enamored of scallops. Big time.

He also loves artichokes, like every good son of California.

So this dinner has become one of his favorites.

( Seared Scallops and Artichokes in Vermouth--big honkin' pictures under the cut )