William is a big fan of chicken fajitas.  It's pretty much all he'll order when we go to a Mexican restaurant, and it's how he decides if the restaurant deserves and repeat visit.  :-D

I know there are Fajita seasoning packets available in the supermarket, but I figured it couldn't be that hard and looked up a recipe on the internet.  One of my ( Read more... )

So, I'm going to try and start posting entries on some of the food I'm making.  It'll be interesting - maybe not to most, but it'll help me critique what I'm doing and tighten up some recipes.  :-D  I'll try to remember LJ Cuts, so you can easily skip it if you want to.

My Thursday night Chef cracks me up:

We're cooking Indian food, which tends to include a lot of whole spices, such as cardamom and cloves.  I LIKE these spices, but they're a bit much when included whole in a recipe.  Evidently, it's a very Western thing to always grind up your spices before adding them to a dish.

Us (my group):  We like this dish, ( Read more... )

I tried to whip up some sugar cookies today from a mix that I've had for a while.  I followed the instructions on the back very closely, but they left out a very important step:  Always chill your dough before rolling!!   It kept sticking to everything and was too soft to cut into shapes.  Of course, that didn't stop me from putting it on a pan ( ( Read more... )

Well, he wrote a fantastic book, called On Food and Cooking: The Science and Lore of the Kitchen.  There are no recipes in it - he explains any and all questions you might ask when cooking.  Things like:  Why does milk curdle?  Does searing really seal in the juices?  Why are fresh eggs better?  How is cheese made?

Why am I so excited?  He has a ( Read more... )

I need to get feedback from at least 50 people on a menu that I put together for one of my classes, which I've included at the end of this post.

What I need:

1. Your name (doesn't have to be your real name)
2. Your choices for Tapa, Entree, and Dessert (drink is optional)
3. Any thoughts on the menu - what sounds good, what you wouldn't try, is something too ( Read more... )

Some of our new dishes came in the mail (yay!  a box for me!), so I got them all unpacked and they're being washed right now as I type.  They're beautiful!

Posted an ad to Craigslist for our Ikea closet stuff, which we decided not to use:  http://seattle.craigslist.org/sno/fur/499039984.html
Now we just want them out of the house.  :-)

I brought home ( Read more... )

After my trip to NH and Boston, I've been talking to people about the trip and how good the food was.  I was reminiscing about that cannolli when someone told me that the local italian restaurant, Grazie, makes really good cannollis.  WooHoo!!  I swung by today and picked one up, to see how it compared to the one I had in Boston.  (also got a good ( Read more... )

March has become my traveling month this year.  Last weekend (not the one that just happened, the one before it.  You know what I mean) I took a 6-hour plane flight in a Coach seat out to Boston to visit Lindsay and Pat for the weekend.  The visiting part was a blast, but William has spoiled me to the point that I really dislike flying Coach these ( Read more... )

Just dug out my personalized menu from our 5-star dinner in Disneyworld, so I thought I'd post it for all to drool over ( Read more... )