Wed - September 30, 2009The Virtues of ArmagnacBefore there was Cognac, before there was Calvados,
and even long before Christopher Columbus was a twinkle in his father’s
eye, there was Armagnac.
Ar-muhn-what, you say with a crinkle of your nose. Posted at 08:52 PM Read More Fri - September 18, 2009Thoughts On Music, College, and Cooking From Mother and DaughterIn sixth grade my daughter, Ariel, decided she
wanted to play the violin.
Ok, I said, surprised that a stringed instrument so foreign to me would be an attraction for her. She had decided to participate in an orchestra class that was the same time as her physical education class where she had developed an intense dislike for her PE teacher. How convenient. Posted at 02:18 PM Read More Mon - September 14, 2009Pain Au Lait And Dreams of Pate A ChouxCulinary school wannabes get a far-off, dreamy
look in their eyes when I mention that I am currently a
student.
That would be so fun, they say. And I say you too can do it. I’m awake by 5:15 am, if I sleep till the alarm goes off (some days I’m lying awake from 3:30 am on, eh, such is life), and then it’s non-stop in a kitchen until noon or after, and very possibly, an additional two hours of book work in the evening. Posted at 03:52 PM Read More Mon - September 7, 2009Thu - July 23, 2009Big Girls Don't Cry Over GnocchiMost importantly, I did not cry.
My gnocchi disintegrated and my angel hair pasta clung together in coagulated dough lump at school yesterday. Was it a full moon? Posted at 07:43 PM Read More Sun - July 19, 2009Lucky MeAfter I lost my job in December 2008, my
practical side, “get another job, you have a house and two daughters in
college” wrestled with my passion, “do what you love”; I
wanted to go to cooking school and leave my technology sales career behind.
Posted at 08:46 PM Read More Sat - May 16, 2009Let's Be Honest About Grapefruit TartThere’s no hiding a less than stellar
result in the kitchen. But I’ve grown to live by the Julia Child
approach to such disasters, serve it with a smile and offer no apologies.
And so I did the day I tangled with a grapefruit and lost. Posted at 06:44 PM Read More Sun - April 19, 2009Pecan-and-Armagnac-Stuffed DatesWhen I needed a French appetizer for a French
movie night with friends I turned to Jacques Pepin, one of my favorite French
chefs. I watch him on the local PBS station on Saturday afternoons and
always learn something new. He teaches as much about technique and quality
of ingredients as he does the mechanics of the recipe.
Posted at 09:35 AM Read More Wed - January 14, 2009Sun - October 21, 2007Mon - October 15, 2007Sun - September 23, 2007Sitting Solo At The Community Technology TableI can count on one hand, one finger actually, the
number of times I’ve gone to the movies by myself. I have never been a
go-to-the-movies-by-myself kind of
girl.
However, I need both my hands and feet including a set of yours to count how many meals I’ve eaten by myself mostly as a solo business traveler. So what’s a girl to do at supper time when she's alone on the road? Posted at 09:10 PM Read More Thu - July 5, 2007A Taste of FreedomOn the early morning of July 4th my cargo
included more than 200 patriotically-decorated cookies and cupcakes; my mission
was to deliver them to DFW's USO center for troops redeploying back to Iraq and
Afghanistan after I greeted the troops just
arriving.
It was a match made in heaven. Posted at 01:27 PM Read More Mon - June 25, 2007Mission Accomplished in Mt. PleasantDespite the torrent of rain that fell a week ago
Saturday I made my way to Mt. Pleasant, Texas, for the Smoky-Eyed BBQ Cookoff
thanks to some gentle chiding by my neighbor
Phil.
“Are you afraid of getting wet?” he asked after I expressed some doubt about attending a BBQ cookoff in the rain. My first thought was to deny it. Posted at 08:12 AM Read More Tue - June 12, 2007BBQ: The Last FrontierA handful of days ago I traveled to Mt.
Pleasant, Texas, for a customer appointment.
The one and a half hour drive was a nice change of pace from my usual, crazy airport-airplane-car-rental-hotel-room-lug-the-suitcase around routine. Posted at 06:20 PM Read More |
Quick Links
Calendar
Categories
Archives
XML/RSS Feed
Statistics
Total entries in this blog:
Total entries in this category: Published On: Jan 23, 2010 05:15 PM |
||||||||||||||