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You guys also inspired me to make a pancetta, potato, cheese and corn chowder...with a splash of beer. Not too bad, next time, I'll add more beer, but I only had one left, and I was thirsty..... Keep up the good soup!

Mifi, that chicken looks divine and Eldereno, your quiche looks lucious. Umm, what am I going to have tonight.

Thanks everyone for the suggestions, I really appreciate it. I knew that egullet wouldn't let me down. I forwarded the Pinot menu to my co-worker, and I think we'll try that. I'll be sure to report back and let you know what we thought. Thanks again everyone!

Run, do not walk, to your local library and check out Bread Baker's Apprentice, and realize a couple of things. Depending on time of year, things may take longer than they do at other times of the year. Wet dough is good. And, when it comes to shaping loaves, flour and cornmeal are your friends. An oven thermometer (to make sure what your oven's running at) and an instant read (to make sure the bread is done) are two of your best friends. I just decided I could conquer bread, and that flour is cheap so if bread does't work out, it's a small investment. ← Thanks for the tip! I'll be sure to do that. My bf went through a bread making spell for a while, but he doesn't like sourdough, and I do. Umm, fresh sourdough, I could use some right now.

Snowangel, do you have a recipe for making the sourdough starter? Or did you buy it somewhere? I would love to try it sometime, but am feeling slightly bread impaired. Lovely blog so far. Thanks.

Oh, I love soups..this will be fun. And to think I was complaining when it was 27 degrees here...I guess I'll keep my mouth shut from here on. Looking forward to the week.

Daniel, as usual your dinners look fantastic..how can I be invited over? Petite, that soup picture is way too cool. Everyone else, I have to continually wipe the drool off my computer. Here are a few meals from the past couple of weeks: Last night, we had our monthly dinner club, theme: Indian. My offering was trying to make Naan from scratch with raita and mango salsa. For a first effort, the Naan turned out okay, there was hardly any left: One night a while back, we had some friends over to have pork chops with a roasted red bell pepper soup. The soup and chops are from Giada. The soup, in my opinion was very good, garnished with marscapone cheese and croutons. The pork chops had a tarragon dijon sauce. they were cut in half, since I had brined 2 for dinner with my boyfriend, and then we invited his sister over, so we had a comparison tasting with brined vs unbrined. I used the Chaz Panisse brine, which I liked a lot better on chicken. Picture not the prettiest, but my favorite from mom, comfort food, Hamburger Stroganoff. Easy to make and tasty to eat: Lasagna another night, again not the best picture: Another easy and fairly healthy meal. Chicken and veggie stir fry: This one was good. Chicken and mushroom crepes with creme fraiche. Served with roasted red potatoes.

Thanks for the great ideas! If you know some kinds of fine dining that would be great too.

Thanks for the tip

I hope to be there!! ← Oh bummer..I am going to be there Feb 5-7th. That sounds like fun.

My friends and I make Impossible Cheeseburger pie every so often...In fact, I even posted a pic of it on the dinner thread. Here it is again:

Klary, your Korean food looks marvelous...beautiful pictures. Do you mind if I ask what kind of camera you use? I am looking to buy a new one here soon.

Thanks for the rec's...I'll look them up.

I am going to be in Costa Mesa in a couple of weeks, and I am looking for a good place to eat. I believe we're staying at the Hilton, and won't have a car. Any ideas you can pass along would be wonderful...Price range about $50/person or so. Thanks. edited to correct hotel location

Bruce, thanks so much for the wonderful blog and for the awesome kitchen tour..I have some work to do in mine. Thanks again!

I simply coated the pork roast liberally with the rub, let it sit in the fridge for about 4 hours (probably could have sat overnight), then let it warm up while the oven was heating to 350F, drizzled roast with a little olive oil, and roasted until done. For the amount of work (little) the amount of flavor (lots) was pretty amazing. If you like I'll PM you the rough proportions of the rub I used - like most rubs and marinades, it can be fiddled with at will! Oh, yeah, the sandwiches today were outstanding . Marcia. ← That would be great, to get your recipe, thanks....I think I want to make one this week. This was just a regular pork roast? Would you recommend brining it first, or just going for it? Thanks.

I was wondering if that was you guys...how awesome. I was watching it and my boyfriend came in, and I said "I think there are two egulleteers on this episode, and she gave me the awarding winning mac and cheese recipe for the cookoff in the next couple of weeks"...He was impressed..I feel like I've brushed with stardom!

Marcia, that pork looks delicious. I've been experimenting with pork lately and that may have to be my next adventure....any more info you can provide on how you did that? Wendy, lovely lovely pictures...lucky dinner guests too.

After some calculations this morning ("How many Saltines are in a cup of crushed Saltines?"), Mrs. C determined that the crabcakes were 5 points apiece. ← Thank you so much! I love your doggies. Your yellow one looks very much like my yellow dog ( not the one in the picture), and she's four years old and loves to stalk us when we eat pizza or pretty much anything else.

Bruce, loving your blog so far.....those crab cakes are making me hungry and they look divine. As a novice to cooking with crab meat, do you mind if I ask what is the difference between lump crab meat and back fin? How many WW points are one of those, since you broiled them? What good looking sons you have, and that's great that they are getting an early start to cooking. thanks!

Nishla, your mushroom dish looks wonderful, as everything else..thanks for sharing.

Oh, that sounds yummy and looks divine.

egg noodles are a staple here, we use them in chicken noodle soup and in my sort of white trashy (no offense anyone) hamburger stroganoff, which I just made last week. Nothing better than that!

I'll usually either think about it the morning of, or if I see some really inspiring thing on tv or well, lets face it, on this web site, I may plan a day or so in advance. I am lucky to have a Safeway, literally, two blocks from my house. But then sometimes, the planning goes out the window, like tonight for example. I had some of the stuff here to make this asian inspired salad that I like, so I went after work to get the rest of the stuff, saw some gummy bears that were calling my name. Had a few tortilla chips with some cheese sauce when I got home..then when it came time for dinner, didn't feel like making the salad, so I opted for a lean cuisine pizza margareta instead. I'll probably have the salad tomorrow night now!

Good luck Mark on your journey, i've book marked to check back. My bf is a construction worker who is also thinking of the same thing....you may be his inspiration. Thanks for the blog!