Channeling Julia Child via Tyler Florence

Tonight for dinner I prepared Coq Au Vin (a la Tyler Florence)....

Turned out pretty well (at least I think so).

Next up....Boeuf Bourguignon...mainly cause I still have red burgundy wine to use.

(Listening to The Wailin' Jennys too - nice way to spend an evening).

Italiano

Mama, Ho fatto il braciole mentre ascoltavo Sergio Franchi. Molto buon. Ricordato a me di voi. Grazie Ti amo.
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Dear Mama.

Today, I made braciole while listening to Sergio Franchi. Very good. It reminded me of you. Thank you. I love you.

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One of my oldest memories of Italian food (besides watching my mom making pasta, ravioli, etc.) was going to an Italian market and watching an old grandma-like Italian woman sitting at a butcher block table making braciole. Hopefully, my family will enjoy the meal....

Despite...

....that last rant...

The snow is so beautiful....I am here writing, having a cup of coffee, my love is in the kitchen making brioche (yes I said BRIOCHE - which was what he made for me the morning after we first slept together).....we are listening to Celtic music ('Fire in the Kitchen') - we will soon go and take a shower together, eat the brioche and go out and play in the snow together.

I love this part of our lives...I love Erin.

NPR : Savoring Memories of Sunday Dinner

NPR : Savoring Memories of Sunday Dinner

As an Italian (Irish)-American myself, this brings back memories of my own mother's kitchen and those 'special' meals - no one could make sauce (gravy) like my mom...

(P.S.: There's recipes to boot)

Mangia!

Cucumber-flavored soda sold in Japan

Um...

I'd say this is wrong on so many levels...but I fail to see the difference between this and Vichysoise....