i consider myself to be an expert on very few things, but guacamole, i know my stuff. i had a ton of avocados left over from the big brunch that didn’t ripen in time, and i needed a beach snack but was in a rush. GUACAMOLE SAVES THE DAY. THE GUACAMOLE 4 ripe avocados the zest of 1 lime the juice of 1/2-1 lime (to taste, i tend to use the almost the whole thing) […]
thor is my cat and on sunday he turned 8 years old. we usually have some sort of party for him which is just an excuse to make a big food thing and drink and put a tie on the cat. this year i made it a secret restaurant/birthday combo and did a 25 person brunch. it was sort of insane, but also really not very hard. somehow. it was a sit-where-you-want casual deal which […]
the pictures from the wedding are finally out, and so are the pictures of my cake. or a few at least. so here they are! all taken by steve louie. this was a lemon lavender cake, a mini 3-tiered and then 125 cupcakes. topped with lavender flowers and candied lemon peel ryan and naomi cutting the tiny cake!
yes, popcorn. tonight i came home from work to find my house ENTIRELY EMPTY. and as much as i like hanging out and seeing everyone, when i walked in it was so quiet and still that i decided to take advantage of it and make popcorn and watch a movie all by myself. so far so good. a recipe for popcorn seem silly? WHATEVER, IT’S GOOD. POPCORN WITH CURRY AND SMOKED SALT coconut […]
BACKYARD DINNER SET-UP it went well! it’s done! it tasted good! THE FOOD THE MENU -arugula salad with carrot ribbons and toasted almonds -butternut squash risotto -asparagus, green bean sautee with basil and radish -roasted cherry tomatoes -chocolate ice cream with strawberries and cointreau -boozy iced coffees EVERYONE LOOKIN REAL SERIOUS THOR he did nothing to help all night, and didn’t even dry dishes. dishing up the dessert recipes to come! next up is a crazy brunch […]
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