So I just watched the series finale of Dawson's Creek with my housemate, complete with red wine and chocolate. Mmmmm....what's yummier? My dark chocolate bar with almonds and cranberries? Or Pacey?
The finale made me all nostalgic for the Dawson's Creek days of my life. I mean, it's an awful show, but it's just so ridiculously emblematic of my teenage years. Ah, life-shaping WB shows. It's so sappy. And so much fun to watch. And doesn't EVERYONE want to end up with Pacey?
Ok, I'm just rambling now. Just thought this was a moment I should share with everyone.
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Nov 16, 2006
Nov 13, 2006
Latest Triumph
So I've been overdosing on BBC America lately, and I've watched a couple episodes of Gordon Ramsay's The F Word, which is this fantabulous show about food, running a restaurant, getting people back in the kitchen, and showing cute shots of Gordon with his many, many children in order to prove that he's not such a jerk, after all.
Anyway, after getting particularly inspired by some pumpkin risotto that Gordon concocted on the last show, I decided to go out and make my own while pumpkins were still in season. At many a point during the chopping, peeling, sauteeing, pureeing, and mixing in of the pumpkin, I had doubts that my grand experiment would come to a good end.
However, I have to say that I have possibly cooked the most delicious meal...EVER. (Except maybe for that awesome Thanksgiving in London.) The risotto has just the right amount of sweetness and pumpkin-y goodness. I just need to bask in the wonderfuless of it all. Because all every cook wants is some validation, right?
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P.S. Requests for the recipe will be honored, but I cannot guarantee that your version will turn out as fabulous as mine. That's just the way it works. Sorry.
Anyway, after getting particularly inspired by some pumpkin risotto that Gordon concocted on the last show, I decided to go out and make my own while pumpkins were still in season. At many a point during the chopping, peeling, sauteeing, pureeing, and mixing in of the pumpkin, I had doubts that my grand experiment would come to a good end.
However, I have to say that I have possibly cooked the most delicious meal...EVER. (Except maybe for that awesome Thanksgiving in London.) The risotto has just the right amount of sweetness and pumpkin-y goodness. I just need to bask in the wonderfuless of it all. Because all every cook wants is some validation, right?
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P.S. Requests for the recipe will be honored, but I cannot guarantee that your version will turn out as fabulous as mine. That's just the way it works. Sorry.
Nov 12, 2006
Food Heaven
I have just discovered food heaven. It's like Whole Foods, the food halls at Harrods and Selfridge's, Willams Sonoma, and the international food fair after Cultural Rhythms combined. Mmmm...
Today I went to A Southern Season, which is a food megastore a few miles from my house. It's got all sorts of ridiculousness - an amazingly large wine section, a huge assortment of international foods, all sorts of gourmet goodies, a bakery, a deli counter, and a confectionery. Of course, there are prices to match the ridiculous selection, but I decided to stop acting like an impoverished grad student and treat myself for once. I got rillette (duck pate) and smoked cheddar and nice wine and bread and even some Lebkuchen. I am so content right now, you wouldn't believe it. Ok, maybe you would. I guess this just proves it - I DO love food more than Nic.
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Today I went to A Southern Season, which is a food megastore a few miles from my house. It's got all sorts of ridiculousness - an amazingly large wine section, a huge assortment of international foods, all sorts of gourmet goodies, a bakery, a deli counter, and a confectionery. Of course, there are prices to match the ridiculous selection, but I decided to stop acting like an impoverished grad student and treat myself for once. I got rillette (duck pate) and smoked cheddar and nice wine and bread and even some Lebkuchen. I am so content right now, you wouldn't believe it. Ok, maybe you would. I guess this just proves it - I DO love food more than Nic.
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Nov 11, 2006
Weirdness
Today is 76 degrees and sunny. Right now I'm sitting on my porch, on the couch (which we dragged out here in honor of the weather), sipping iced tea. This place is weird...AND I LOVE IT.
To celebrate the return of summer to North Carolina, here are pics from my adventures in Jersey this summer. I promise to get working on the rest of them so I can update on NC so far. But for now, bask in a little sunshine.
http://www.kodakgallery.com/I.jsp?c=u54fr1b.apveza17&x=0&y=2fguga
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To celebrate the return of summer to North Carolina, here are pics from my adventures in Jersey this summer. I promise to get working on the rest of them so I can update on NC so far. But for now, bask in a little sunshine.
http://www.kodakgallery.com/I.jsp?c=u54fr1b.apveza17&x=0&y=2fguga
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Nov 3, 2006
Dead and Dead
So I made a futile trip to the mall today to try and repair my glasses and iPod, both of which are apparently beyond saving. So now I'm walking around with glasses with a piece broken off, and I have no music to comfort me.
But then I saved the day with a little retail therapy. After buying a top (on sale - I need to start saving for glasses and a new Ipod), I walked around Williams-Sonoma and scored some free spiced cider. Although I couldn't buy a single thing there because of their ridiculously inflated prices, I did come to the conclusion that I would get married just to have a registry at Williams-Sonoma. No other reason. I LOVE that store. Someday my kitchen will be that pretty. And pretentious.
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But then I saved the day with a little retail therapy. After buying a top (on sale - I need to start saving for glasses and a new Ipod), I walked around Williams-Sonoma and scored some free spiced cider. Although I couldn't buy a single thing there because of their ridiculously inflated prices, I did come to the conclusion that I would get married just to have a registry at Williams-Sonoma. No other reason. I LOVE that store. Someday my kitchen will be that pretty. And pretentious.
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