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apple pie without the cheese is like the kiss without the squeeze. and make that a sharp cheddar, not blue...

they are water soluble but especially B6 can concentrate and cause neuropathy. happened to me. course i can't take calcium since it concentrates in my kidneys.

uh, kim could you please come and cook for me - except the dessert things of course? i have the same oyster cracker/ hidden valley ranch dressing recipe in my file and johnnybird likes it every once in a while though the canapes and reubens are what i would want. just gave john some chicken rice soup. picked up some fluke to make for later with leftovers for fish filet sandwiches.

anthony - you are killing me. a lamb burger?!! and i can eat it without johnnybird giving me grief?! sorry about the steak but did you say something to the owner/manager? we will probably be up that way next year looking for properties and will also tell our friends, joyce and eddie about it. you shouldn't be surprised about the dearth of places. remember johnnybird's family is just down the road and they had grandma's funeral luncheon catered by Subway - no s*&t.

no pics now - hours of freakin' errands and then a restful 2 hours with my godkitties(neighbor's cats i take care of when they are away). a chicken shepherd's pie made with some roasted dark and light meat from a Snope Winkle Farm chick of 8 weeks old. the leftover white meat will become sandwiches and the dark left is about to become soup for the freezer(and my mil) with the leftover stock i made over the weekend. had to rebalance the freezers before hawkwatch time. tomorrow will be leftovers and then friday i will do some prep work for saturday's dinner. no freakin' clue what i will make for dinner friday. hopefully something johnnybird will be intrigued to eat. i'm thinking a deconstructed blt since i have wonderful tomatoes right now, some great arugula, some bacon from Pittinger's and i plan on making a set of Portugese Sweet Bread that John can enjoy with some toast dope for a week or two(hopefully we will have a bit of rain) and I can use for some croutons. Saturday I'm planning on pork loin with a plum sauce, green rice and yellow and green squash with garlic and shallot. maybe a cheese plate to follow. and the wines leftover from making the sauce to go with the dinner(pinot gris and a cote du rhone). maybe a light salad to begin.

but you can photograph what you bought, right?

Friday night and I was trying to use up my produce before farmer's market today so I had these items to start with: add some red and white onions minced and garlic and you get this: and served with some grilled shrimps and brown rice for dinner. i am NOT a big eggplant or nightshade lover but this came out rather well and even johnnybird ate some.

From the cheese store near our local farmer's market: Whiskey cheddar in the back, Maytag blue and then Sticky Toffee Cheese made from cow's milk and, according to the owner of the shop, a dessert cheese. i was thinking about having it with some figs and coffee of some sort...any other ideas?

if you want watermelon try a medium sized "seedless" one spiked not with vodka but with limoncello.... baked buffalo spiced drummetts with some homemade blue cheese dressing? the heat from the sauce and the cooling factor of cheese and mayo with the pop of vinegar... some fresh cherry or teardrop tomatoes as well since it is the season here and all i'm seeing figs in the stores right now so how about some figs stuffed with blue cheese, wrapped with some prosciutto and popped into a 400 oven for about 5-8 minutes. sweet, salty, savory ... uh.... got to go do that the figs are upstairs and i just picked up some maytag

you are sooooo good to us. especially after we sent you that convention and all... can't wait for the report

ok. now WHY would you take b vitamins instead of blue cheese? granted the results make for interesting science but..... remember you can also od on b vitamins and get horrible tingling in your hands. something i doubt you would get from bleu d'avergne or maytag blue or cowgirl creamery.

I'm sure this is not the only new entry to the Food On A Stick category. But, a 1/3 lb. slice of bacon? Wonder if it's deep-fried? I'll have to check this one out, and see what kind of dipping sauces they offer. ← susan, on Good Morning, America yesterday they featured state fair foods and a new one from your fair was deep fried bacon with a chocolate coating then sprinkled with sea salt. wanna take one for the team? suzi edited to add they are called Pig Lickers and made by Famous Dave's.

and on good morning america yesterday they were shown as something you can get at the Minnesota State Fair.... oh, snowangel.........

openfaced tomato and bacon sandwich on toasted white bread with miracle whip AND an angus beef hotdog on a toasted new england bun stuffed with blue cheese and covered with carmelized onions.... yup, that time again

well, this may shoot your theory out of the water. i cook and cook fairly well yet my mom worked full time from the time i was 2. my sister-in-law, julie, thinks cooking means opening a tube of refridgerated dough to make brownies or cookies and at age 40 i have just taught her how to make macaroni and cheese from scratch. her mom once defined her job as "raising j. r.'s children" and was a stay at home mom. go figure

loverly food all... though keema, bruce. not many pics here. last weekend we had a great visit with friends up in the hudson valley. they think i'm a bit weird anyway but taking pics of food? got up there friday afternoon and contributed some butler's blue and a nice gouda with caraway to the noshes. dinner was mini digitali(sp?) with homemade gravy, sausages and meatballs as well as bread to soak up the gravy. can you tell my friend doesn't care for veg? unfortunately since her mom is getting on a bit(92) she can't manage to make the two trays of pizza she normally would for friday dinner - and her pizza was killer. i told them if i can get up earlier in the day i'd give a hand with the dough - or bring some of my own up. the wine was a cabernet sauvignon with jose reyes label on it - bought specifically for connie(my friend joyce's mom) who is a fanatical met's fan. i liked it because a portion of the money goes towards major league kids programs and connie always has one small glass of wine with dinner every night. later they were going to have some dessert, treats i brought from Everything Homemade. connie was like"i'll just have some ice cream" but joyce convinced her to try a piece of the tuxedo cupcake. when i came out of the kitchen after cleaning up, connie stopped me and told me to tell maria, the shop owner and baker, how wonderful her cake was. connie was expecting some stodgy something that wasn't that good but that isn't maria's m.o. and i'm so happy my friend enjoyed some great homemade sweets. saturday was kiskatom yard sale day followed by the catskill farmer's market. some nice things including some breakfast sausage, bacon and cheese from a local farm, wild elderberry jam, currants and gooseberries and some lovely lettuces. ate on main street in catskill but can't remember the name of the place. for dinner ed, joyce's husband, and i teamed up but it was almost spoiled by their kitten, greylock, who decided to bring home a baby snake to prove what a wonderful hunter he is. grilled kurobuta pork loins, fresh corn, Alexa sweet potato fries and then ed decided we needed an onion marmalade which was what i was detailed to do. the little bit of leftover marmalade we brought home became the base for a quiche for john's breakfast. yesterday was pasta, gravy and meatballs. today was the last of the quiche and some risotto pudding for john and now up to make some sloppy joes and a salad(i swear i will make him eat at least two bites), some of kim shook's refridgerator pickles and since i was able to glean them a dessert with wineberries. this ended up being a clafouti made with the wineberries, blackberries, currants and the last of the frozen sweet cherries from last year.

i knew i had seen something like this a while ago: clicky

Chris's quote is astounding. The apotheosis of brunch is served at none other than Antoine's -- maybe more Creole than Cajun, but New Orleans to the core. Not just Eggs Benedict, but Eggs Sardou and Eggs Florentine. And no cinnamon-candied apples, even on the dessert menu. This is brunch. ← and don't forget Eggs Hussard

john was too hungry for photos... chicken marinated in mojo then baked and finished on the grill, for me it was potato gratin with tons of cheese and green beans with garlic.

tell us of this wonderful thing, ckat.....

our snack yesterday for our 5pm programs. this is john's plate. fresh fig, homemade foccaccia, Bayley Hazen Blue, Fiscalini Bandaged Cheddar and jamon iberico. the cheddar is rich and grassy but it is the blue that lingers on the palate with whisps of grass and nuts and finally the "blue" of the penicillium. the jamon... they cut us both a slice at the store and i didn't want to eat it because it was so good...if that makes sense. we had to go to a new eye doctor yesterday and noticed that just up the road from him wasGary's Wine and Marketplace. we have been to the one in Madison but this was the new superstore. OH! MY! GOD!!

Zoe's is closed, the phone disconnected and the sign on the door says that they have closed because of a terminal illness. it will be missed.

we had to go down 23 to a new eye doctor for johnnybird. i was navigating and as we got closer to the doctor's office i saw the new store was just up the road on our way home. whoo-hoo!!! so one poor johnnybird, wearing sunglasses since his eyes were so dilated, and i went to have a look see. good take away section and j. emmanuel chocolates like the madison store but the cheeses..... our snack friday for our 5pm programs. this is john's plate. fresh fig, homemade foccaccia, Bayley Hazen Blue, Fiscalini (though they had this misspelled on the tag)Bandaged Cheddar and jamon iberico. the cheddar is rich and grassy but it is the blue that lingers on the palate with whisps of grass and nuts and finally the "blue" of the penicillium. the jamon... they cut us both a slice at the store and i didn't want to eat it because it was so good...if that makes sense. compared to the madison store this is expansive and very open and welcoming. i thought the selection of beers and wines were outstanding and they had a fairly decent champagne/sparkling wine choice. very attentive staff and i connected with another woman who is a bourbon girl. i got her card and the next time i go up to visit the inlaws i'll let her know and see if she wants me to bring back a bottle or two from arlington wine and liquors which happens to have a dynamite small batch bourbon collection. hate to say it but i can't wait for the next eye doctor appointment.

my new favorite(as of today) jamon iberico, good bleu cheeses, the freshest fruits in season, some berkshire pig and a bottle of Pol Roget Cuvee Sir Winston Churchill - 1998 if you can find it. course in this high heat and humidity i think i'd go with some cold soups like a cherry soup as well

this was John's dinner last night when he finally got home...served on the book the recipe came from. heat olive oil with garlic slivers, grated ginger, cumin and smoked paprika until fragrant. dump in shrimp. three minutes or so later ladle onto a plate with some of the juice. drizzle with some lemon juice and serve with homemade foccacia to soak up the juices. oh... and there was some steamed asparagus in another dish.