Today i am the Sous Chef under the Head Chef of my father.  so far we have put the turkey in the oven with smoked paprika, red bell pepper, whole cloves of garlic, minced parsley, an onion and i think that is it.  it will be fabulous.  next is the stuffing.  i chopped up some apples, more parsley, figs, celery, and sprinkled with cranberries.  ( Read more... )

it was my friend Kristen's birthday this past Friday so her friends Stephanie and Karen came to town: karen from DC and Stephanie from Petaluma.  We met up on Wednesday night and did some food shopping for the trip and bought my bridesmaid dress for Erin (Daly) Watkins wedding next month from White House/Black Market.  i had wanted it when we went ( Read more... )