So, for Drew’s birthday, I decided to put together some south-of-the-border style appetizers for us to munch on.
We had some chips and “Green Stuff Salsa,” homemade 5-Layer Dip, a hollowed-then-stuffed baguette
Jordan has a book called “The breath of wok,” from which I pulled most of the ingredients. It pretty much saved me during the preparation of this meal and even offers a bit of historical background of the wok, which is quite interesting.
Walking around Whole Foods with Jordan led to our deciding against buying their already-made, delicious Cowboy Burgers, and instead creating my own Garlic Mia-Burger. We walked around the store as I picked up a variety of goods.
This weekend we ventured down to San Diego to pay a visit to the Elephant Odyssey exhibit at the San Diego Zoo. Both being fans (and geeky collectors) of elephant stuff, it seemed only appropriate to spend some time admiring the zoo’s 2.4 acre elephant habitat at the north east corner of the zoo’s expansive […]
Because I’m a chef at heart but absolutely despise cooking for one, I’ve only recently picked back up on the art of food preparation. However, tonight I made a spinach-based salad dressed with Raspberry Vinaigrette. I threw in a boat-load of feta (because that’s the only way to do it!) and added some pears for […]