Tonight's dinner brought to you by the Nom committee..


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I went to Safeway last week and noticed that they were having a huge meat sale. I also saw some cuts of meat that they don't often have, one of which was a gorgeous 6 pound pork shoulder (bone in) for less than $7.00! So of course, I had to buy it. I can't pass up a good bargain hunk of meat! *ahem*

So today I made this recipe of Rosemary Pork ( Read more... )

Menu for Solstice Feast on Sunday (for 12):

Winter Bruschetta with roasted tomatoes and garlic on garlic crostini
Crudite platter with light caesar dressing
Assorted olives, feta, salami
Steak tartare, if I'm feeling up to a challenge Carpaccio wins ( Read more... )

Today I pretty much did nothing. Yup, nothing. Well.. I guess that's not true, since I was shopping online all day. I managed to take care of over half my yule shopping - and it felt good. Managed to hit a bunch of old standbys, and each of them had new and exciting stuff to buy, so I did. It's great to be able to do it and not suffer too much ( Read more... )

As many of you already know, Mother's Cookies is going bankrupt and will no longer be making cookies.I know it's a little weird, but I'm very sad about this. And in honor of this important staple of Bay Area culture, I'm going to throw a little shindig at my place on Monday evening, the day they close down the lines for Mother's for good ( Read more... )

Gwynnie's helpful tips at how to win at life ( Read more... )

Well, the First Annual NeuroPace InterDepartmental Cookoff was a GRAND success. It went quite smoothly, and SO much good food was brought in ( Read more... )

This is one of those times when I really wanted to give in to my kicking, screaming inner child but instead did what I was supposed to.

( Baking mishaps and sticky chocolate stories under the cut.. )

Look!!! My friend Holly is making CHEESE!! Cheddar cheese!! At home ( Read more... )

Some of you might find this amusing...

We're having an Inter-Departmental Cookoff here at work, (at my suggestion, actually) and guess what our theme is going to be...

"Sugar and Spice and Everything Nice, That's What Clinical Girls (and Boys) are Made Of."That's right... we're doing an entire menu of sweet + savory and spicy food items ( Read more... )