IowaDee

As the tired old saying goes, At least you have your sense of humor". Get well and get home soon.

Oh My, you do need to get home quickly and back to your own amazing food. I actually knew a woman who was such a poor cook that eating hospital food was a five star meal for her. If you want to know where old Jello goes to die, it is in our hospital. Get well soon please.

The original Happy Meal.

If I'm not mistaken that is what is served in the White House quite often right now. Must be hell to be a chef there right now.

Have you been to one of their retail stores? That is a very dangerous place for me. The displays are so beautiful and you can smell samples of everything. The containers are so small so a "couple" of more won't hurt will they? And just one or maybe two of these? Oh lookie, I think I saw that used in some recipe, better buy it just in care. And this is just what my neighbor was talking about, I'll get her one and better add one for me. And here's one I never even heard of. I'll make a game of finding out what it is and how to use it. Can't recall if I'm almost out of this better buy a back up supply in case I'm running low. And on and on it goes. And don't even get me started on how nice and helpful every single employee is! Probably a very good thing the nearest store is over 100 miles away.

LOL, loved, loved, loved that book and the movie was great too. The scene where he's eating the mice and just holding them by the tail and lowering them into his mouth! Can't quite see Rob serving them that way but you just never know. Unique dining experience for sure. Gives new meaning to the term "finger food." Just don't make the diners run around their tables and mark their territory....

I would wear that cake upon my head in the Easter Parade and be the envy of all who saw it. Ultimate case of having your cake and eating it too.

I enjoyed this so very much. What wonderful adventures you have and how lucky we are to be taken along! Safe to say that I am probably the only person in this small town to have even heard of chicken skin fruit! Now, how can I work this into a conversation with the locals?

igourmet is having a 20% off sale sitewide this weekend. Lots of goodies to be found here and never had a problem with anything.

I now understand the meaning of a Labor Of Love. You are a very lucky lady to be able to inspire something like that. And it will only get better over time....

Happy Birthday. That looks so amazing that I might be tempted to add another year to my already advanced age just to celebrate an extra birthday with that meal.

Oh my, I've been following auctions for back issues of the magazine. Prices for the first issue are just out-a-sight. Would you believe that once #24 arrives later this month, I will own the entire set 1-24. All but two issues are in pristine condition. No flaps lifted, stickers removed or anything tampered with. Might be looking at some decent money here. I have yet to see an entire set come up for auction. And someone asked if the website is going down too. yes, as far as I can tell, it will be or already is. Maybe the whole thing was just to creative for the times?

Well damn, the current show at the Des Moines, Ia Art Center is all about the art of Kintsukuroi. Wish I had been smart enough to recommend something like your macarons as part of the dinner. They are stunning!

Nope, wouldn't know a sea cuke from a sea radish. I used to see local recipes calling for mangos. Good grief they were talking about a certain type of green bell pepper. Not everyone knows local terms and wants to bother chasing them down. Toss the books.

Damn, I've been using cucumber spleen all these years. No wonder everything I made sucked.

Must be something amazing in the air or water in Brooklyn. I friend of mine is the mother of Steve of Steve's Authentic Key Lime Pies based there too. I'm more than ready to take a dessert crawl through the neighborhood. Those cakes have been calling to me since I saw the first one pictured here. Very happy that the word is getting out.

I love everything but those lights really call out to me. Just beautiful.

Our local Mexican restaurant is now open for breakfast. They say the serve American ones but we found out they are tickled pink to be asked to cook a typical Mexican one. No menu, just tell them want you want and sit back and wait. We had probably the best chilaquilas in our lives there. Got them half with red sauce and half with green. Left the meat choice up to them. Green came with chicken and the red with beef. Choice of rice or beans and a salad with fresh salsa cruda and guac. Was even asked if we wanted a beer and this was at 8.A.M. We opted for the endless glass of fresh orange. All of this is my way to telling you how we will be celebrating El Cinco de Mayo Friday Morning. To be honest, most Mexicans we know don't make a big deal of the day. In Mexico it is a minor holiday. September 16 is their real Independence Day. In my world any day I can eat good Mexican food qualifies as a holiday!

All right, Let me know and I will send you the details for finding us.

Well, if you were at Terrible's in Osceola, you were less than an hour from our house. We live just outside Bloomfield in Davis Co. So close........and there's always room for a couple of more Smiths around here! And, there is NO time limit when it comes to serving beer.

LOL, if your Brie was runny, you fixed cheesy leeks with leaky cheese. Looks good too!

Just bake or buy tarts....problem solved!

That meal is right up my alley. We were talking about which cuisine we would pick if we were limited to only one. Both agreed that we could live on and love Mexican food every day.

That would be Eggy McEgg Face I think. Looks like a friendly guy too!

Hard to beleaf something like this could happen.