Strawberry Jam on Toast with Hot Spiced Tea

It’s 2:30 a.m., I am up eating strawberry jam on toast with a cup of hot spiced tea and reading.  Perhaps I stepped out of a British nursery rhyme and am still quite asleep in my bed … The only thing that would make this better is if it were Christmas, snowing outside, the fireplace [...]

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Spicy Nachos with Jalapenos, Project Runway and Selma Blair

Tonight, Aaron and I had nachos with beef, sour creme, assorted cheeses, and enough jalapenos to make it burn as we watched the season premier of Project Runway. (Seems weird to say “tonight” because the sun was still up and it was light outside; gotta love summer.) The only thing that was more spicy than [...]

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Dinner at Ruth’s Chris Steakhouse with Jocelyn and Aaron

Jocelyn came to visit Aaron and me!  After picking her up from the airport in Kansas City, we headed to a nearby Ruth’s Chris Steakhouse because we wanted something good and it was unquestionably worth it.  I had read their annual report a few years ago and wanted to experience the food for myself.  I [...]

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Beef and Onions Braised in Beer by Julia Child

Tonight, we decided to try the recipe immediately following the Julia Child Beef Bourguignon recipe in Mastering the Art of French Cooking (I wrote about our experience with that recipe a few months ago).  The entree is called Carbonnades a la Flamande, which translates into Beef and Onions Braised in Beer.  This followed the Chicken [...]

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Eggs Benedict with Hollandaise Sauce for Breakfast

During Ashly and Ian’s visit from Ohio this weekend, and as part of our weekend of gourmet dining, they made us eggs benedict with a hollandaise sauce on Saturday morning.  The nutritional sacrifice was worth it (health food, this is most certainly not but 1,000 calories was a small price to pay). The eggs benedict [...]

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