Weekend Food Diary

Monday, August 29, 2011
Friday night:
Tapas at Jaleo..Ole! Highlights were breaded and fried bacon wrapped dates and potatos bravas. Low-lights was a strange paella with sausage and strange bits of vermicelli (no rice/no seafood paella?) and dried out artichoke hearts.
We had both white and red sangria. I almost always prefer white wine. This one was infused with strawberries that I fished out and ate :)

Saturday:
AM-Lazy Saturday brunch. Fried some uncured bacon end bits from Trader Joe's, scrambled eggs and french toast. Keurig coffee, I had a Gloria Jean's cappucinno flavored K-cup. Also had a bit of horrible OJ from concentrate.
It was hurricane mania out there. We couldn't find a flashlight to buy anywhere. Ended up with 3 scented candles and a new board game.

PM-great afternoon nap instead of gymming. Woke up and realized there was only moderate rain and that we may be able to make our dinner reservation. Ordered our dinner in the car in case the kitchen closed early for the hurricane. We shared a mushroom risotto with pearl pasta. Mind-blowing. Best risotto I've ever had. Very garlicky and salty. For dinner we had oil poached halibut and short ribs with pappardelle. Not as good as the appetizer. Ended our fancy dinner with an elaborate banana split.

Only bad part of the dinner was that someone stole my umbrella from the communal umbrella bin. And during a hurricane! Decided not to pass on the favor by stealing someone else's umbrella. Ended the night with a few different beers. All beers taste so similar to me I could not tell you which was which.

Sunday:
AM-scrambled eggs, hash brown and Italian sausage. More Keurig coffee.
PM- post workout Bellini/watermelon martini in Georgetown. Shared a chicken pesto white pizza with sundried tomato..it was okayy..wish we had a salad instead.






Another afternoon nap later, I attempted to make my own paella for dinner for 7. In a nutshell: brown rice, white wine, saffron, chicken thighs, tiger shrimp, mini squid (cuttlefish?), red bell peppers, shittake 'shrooms, garlic, mussels. Mussels dried out, but the rest turned out well. Considering investing in a paella pan...paella is a great summer company dish. It'd be good for other stove top to oven dishes too. Side salad of sliced Persian cucumber & radish. Easiest salad ever..just toss with rice wine vinegar and sesame oil. Finished with Korean honey dew flavored ice-cream bars.


So that was my weekend! I type this while munching on grape tomatoes at my desk.

Food Diary

Friday, August 26, 2011
Read the most amazing article about a woman who's my new food eater/writer/cooker IDOL.

Highlights from the article:

"I had the fried chicken — it's famous for coming with the chicken foot still attached. Daniel had the chicken, and I had the foot. I really love chicken feet, and I'm really good at eating them. You can chew on the bones and very, very delicately kind of spit them out. It's a dainty maneuver"


"Monday night is Daniel's night to cook, and he makes a better roast chicken than I do. It's the best roast chicken in the world. That night he did it with fingerling potatoes and carrots. Everything was still crunchy and so delicious. We were just so happy about it that we broke out a bottle of nice wine. Is there a better reason to open a nice bottle than making the perfect roast chicken? I don't think so. "

I've decided therefore, to make my own food diary for the upcoming weekend. I have a special guest visiting and there is an upcoming hurricane. This shall make for some potentially creative eating.

Neutral toned shoes

Monday, August 01, 2011
Vicky B has been my fashion idol since the height of Spice Girls glory and I was wee little back then. In her fashion guide, "That extra half inch", Ms. B talks about the awesomeness of nude heels for elongating the leg. I read that several years ago, and here is what I noticed in my wardrobe today. 


Now I just need to work on my Hermes collection....