Moderate Epicurean

Just back from a last-minute trip to NYC with Nathan. He was going to game six of the world series (Yankees vs. Phillies) with his father, but due to illness I ended up going with him instead and thanks to my in-laws being totally cool with us crashing in on them, we had a lovely trip...

Routine, Routine, wherefore art thou Routine? Man, if you're stuck in a rut and need to shake things up a bit, might I suggest a household bout with the flu, close on the heels of acquring a new puppy...

I posted a couple of months ago about chicken marbella, the classic Silver Palate cookbook recipe that my stepmom Susanna pulled out while we were visiting in Montana...

It's officially cold, wet, and dark, pretty much all of the time. My summer annuals are ugly withered sticks, mocking me for my fall clean-up procrastination. The trees are turning - brown, not fall colors - the leaves falling in soggy, mushy clumps...

Ah, turns out that winter has arrived in Minnesota more than a month early. Not good news for those of us who dislike living in cold, colorless darkness for half the year, sigh. But we make the best of it, hearty souls and all that, blah, blah, blah...

Hey all, I'm still kicking around. I spent last weekend in Madison, having a grand old time with my college girlfriends Cami and Michelle...

Disjointed food preparation this last week, although not completely unsuccessful. I don't think I planned one meal ahead, which is not my usual, and actually makes me feel completely whacked out...

I've been cooking all weekend, preparing to bring dinner out to our friends Shane & Kathleen, having myself a grand ol' time. Shane & Kat live in Marine on St. Croix, in stunning Jackson Meadow, which Shane co-designed. We're going to take Puppy Louis on his first day trip, float the lovely St...

Image: http://www.bctree.com/images/photos/summer-peaches.jpg It's cloyingly, annoyingly humid here in Minnesota this week. It's like the summer we didn't have finally settled in, now that it's September. Hmmm...

Great food weekend, wow. More details later, but for now I'm posting a recipe for the easy tomato tart I made and brought to a dinner last night at Louis & Sue Ainsworth's lovey home. I found the recipe on the excellent 101 Cookbooks blog and it's a big, big winner...

So, as I mentioned below, BIG food weekend, wow. John and I kicked it off all by our lonesome with another killicious din in the lounge at La Belle Vie. If you go, order a cocktail (with alcohol or no) - they're all gorgeous and tasty...

Well, John and I abandoned moderation yesterday in the name of Julia Child crêpes stuffed with ham and mushrooms, napped in sauce Mornay, and run under the broiler. I came to the idea in my typical way - I, er, stole it....