A food related photo everyday until 2012. Here’s week 40:
290/365 Lunch with my mom! I got the farmer’s market plate (my favorite) at Hillstone.
365- Week 41
I Love Lists FRIDAY!
- Whoa! Fall S’mores! I love the addition of Trader Joe’s pumpkin butter. via Oh Joy!
- 25 ways to wear a scarf! Finally I have guidance! via Creature Comforts
- Anthropologie + Parody= Anthroparodie. Absolutely HILARIOUS. via a few readers
- I must attempt these Chocolate Peanut Butter Sandwiches! via Picky Palate
- Adventures in getting my nails done. Megan got shellac! I want shellac! via Not Martha
- Cider Cupcake Donut Army– the best kind of army! via Take a Megabite
- DIY Elastic Empire Waist Dress. If only I had more time to sew! I’d soo do this. via Tripping Over Joy
- It’s Coffee O’Clock! My favorite time of day! via Etsy
- Farmer’s Market Love Brace yourself for some pretty pictures! via Kiss My Spatula
- DIY Caramel Apple Kit. How cool is this??? via Oh Happy Day
Dark & Stormy
There was a scene in the recent episode of Parenthood that left me deep in thought. When John Corbett pretends to be the: I’m an ex-rocker who’s fallen off the wagon again. I’m back in Berkeley with my vintage leather jacket showing everyone who’s boss character… where does he go to get to that place? Does he pull from the time he was spending Northern Exposure money, getting absolutely toasted with girls from the Meyer’s Rum demo at that roach infested hotel in the Caribbean? I imagine the words DARK & STORMY pop into his head and he’s there.
Dark Rum. Ginger Beer. Lime. Like a Moscow Mule got introduced to Weekend at Bernies & The Perfect Storm.
Trust me on this one.
Pumpkin Gingersnap Ice Cream
New recipe alert! Pumpkin Gingersnap Ice Cream
I have a history of not letting things set. This means I’m the worst at letting my nail polish dry, but that’s because the second I finish painting my last nail something urgent comes up and I’m frantically trying to navigate through my life with wet polish! An important phone call, a scratch that needs scratching, a knock at the door, my son jamming bread up his nose, or picking up a bowl’s worth of Cheerios off the floor are all things that would happen the second I’m done painting my nails.
The reason why I don’t often make ice cream is that I’m totally impatient when it comes to letting ice cream set. About 2 hours after I put this ice cream into the freezer for its big deep chill, I dipped a clean spoon in to taste. To my dismay, it wasn’t finished but it DID taste totally awesome. Why didn’t I just let it set??!
OK so I let it set. Then I scooped out some ice cream, plunked in a lone gingersnap and got right down to business. Creamy pumpkin ice cream studded with gingersnaps and perfumed with hint bourbon? You know you want it! This is the ice cream recipe that made me realize that ice cream really is worth the wait. Perhaps after 32 years of living I will finally figure out patience?
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HALLOWEEN DECOR 2011
I didn’t have to buy much for Halloween this year. Just some creepy black faux flowers & a big spider.
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Butternut Squash Ricotta & Sage Crostini
I went to Michael’s yesterday to get a few things for my Halloween decorating project and almost EVERYTHING Halloween related was reduced in price. The aisles were quickly being cleared of Halloween decor to make room for the bright colored greens and reds of Christmas. I wanted to scream WAAAAAAIT. Wait just a minute! Am I seriously behind on this Halloween decoration thing??! (don’t answer that). I just don’t think I’m ready to get in the head space of Christmas yet. I haven’t even thought about what I am going to make for Thanksgiving this year!
When you wake up to a cold crisp morning don’t you just want to put on a scarf and roast something? Here’s your chance! Butternut squash gets roasted with a bit of brown sugar in this recipe. Your house will smell terrific & autumn like. Garlic rubbed toasted bread gets accessorized with a nice dab of lemon scented ricotta. Cubes of roasted butternut squash are topped on the ricotta and finished off with fresh lemon juice & fried sage leaves. I think I just figured out what we’re making as a Thanksgiving appetizer. It’s definitely fall, not winter. Someone tell Michael’s.
365-Week 40
A food related photo everyday until 2012. Here’s week 39:
283/365 My favorite deli sandwich eaten under a giant redwood tree.
