Shelby

This just caused me to drool.

The jam and cheese rolls are all I can think about right now. Those look delicious! I love the cobweb--perfect for upcoming Halloween

We eat a lot of salads.....a lot of Mexican food with the peppers. As you've all heard me complain, I'm still living on the sun. Looked up the long term forecast just now. 100-112 degrees for the next 2 weeks. After that, I don't know. So, we're watering the crap out of the tomatoes. Some have set on and finally formed fruit, but not like they should be. Sigh.

I realized I sounded forceful there....lol. It's none of my business...but I sure wish that you could go.

I wish I could help, and I hope they all have a great time, but I need to know why the heck YOU aren't going????

Kim!! I cannot wait to read this whole write-up. OMG that marzipan fruit is amazing. I've never seen anything like that. LOVE the "foods of America" isle. I am cracking up over it, actually. What are the cowboy items on the bottom shelf?

I'm pea green with envy over your sushi....if I had that next door to me, I'd be in heaven!

I really enjoyed your Dim Sum experience. I'd LOVE to eat Dim Sum sum-day. Never gotten the opportunity. I'm sorry for your loss, such a young age....I'm glad you guys got to experience NYC together like that.

I've really enjoyed this, too! I suddenly want to drive for 5 hours to Go Chicken Go!

Now I have seafood envy AGAIN. Sigh. Oh, and am I the only one that adores how you arrange your cookbooks by COLOR!!!???

Whoa! It's late here on the sun a.k.a. Kansas and I could NOT figure out the picture of your fridge! What a clever way to store your spices and have them in sight at all times. I love it!

If anyone needs a sweat based mixer, you can dump me in.

I'm so glad to have you to follow over the weekend That is, if my keyboard hasn't melted....and, for some reason out of the blue, my husband wants to watch "American Psycho" for the 158th time tonight....... haha OH and in case you want MY fave housewives..I'll put them in order: Jersey OC NYC The rest pale in comparison IMO. If I had a choice to have dinner with any? JERSEY by far. They kick ass in the eating dept.

Why not? Sounds delish to me.

Ditto for the temps. It's been 115 heat index with 104 real temp here for longer than I can remember. Like I said in another thread, I'm living on the sun. And, I never would have said before that I have lost appetite, but I have now. All I want is ice water, cold cold salad, ice water, sweet ice cold wine, ice water, and a cold cold Italian sandwich with fresh 'maters from the garden. OH and the pie that I mentioned down in the dinner section. That is totally yummy.

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! Never, ever, never ever!!!! NO. Have I made myself clear? It won't hurt your 'maters to sit on the counter one bit. But, for the love of God, do not put them in that cold, dark place that sucks the taste out of them.

Everything looks great. I haven't made monkey bread for years....sounds sooooo good. I want to make some NOW!

O M G I totally get what you're saying about the potluck. We used to do that at my job...for every holiday. St. Patty's, Easter etc. Pretty quick I realized there were the dedicated few that made something decent, and the others ran to the store mid-morning and came back with a container of potato salad. AND, they never helped clean up afterwards.

I know, right? And, God forbid, whoever he sends after the El Pollo Loco better get enough sauce!

I just love Jeff Lewis. If I wasn't married....and he didn't bat for the other team, I know we'd be together forever.

Mrs. Zee chiming in...my main motivation for freezer friendly dinners is pure laziness. I always say I'm a functional cook--I can keep us fed day to day, and it will taste decent, but there is a certain level of difficulty where I will just give up and run for takeout. Jerry is just the opposite, so things even out nicely when he's sweating it out over a vat of fried chicken while I'm sipping iced tea and slathering bacon jam on my second (which really means third) cheese biscuit. Anyway, I have to meal plan to keep from wandering our local Price Chopper and weeping every night trying to figure out what to feed us. And it's just as easy to make two meatloaves or an extra pan of baked ziti and pop one in the freezer. Our supply of homemade veggie burgers has dwindled, so I'll probably make those sometime this week and freeze the rest for quick lunches or dinners down the road. Not fancy, but it's too darn hot and I'm not as nice as my chicken frying husband. Thanks everyone for all the nice comments! Very smart to plan ahead as you do. I can't count the times I'd have to be at work by 6:30 a.m. and would plan on leaving by 4 p.m. which happened most of the time..but I'd still be pooped by the time we drove the 30 mins. home. I LOVED when I had a slow cooker going or something frozen to take out to make dinner relaxing..but fast.

Ok, you had me at hello (what movie is that from? ) Anyone that says the following makes me swoon: "I think I spontaneously broke out into "the robot" the first time I tried it." My mom is coming to visit in the next few weeks and I'm going to make the bacon jam with the poppers. I guess I should make a batch first, though, to make sure I can do it as well as you do.

THAT is a mega burger for sure!!! I just sat here gazing at all of the wonderful food you guys have prepared. Even if I've just eaten, you all manage to make me hungry again! I have a few pictures. I watched a foodie show the other day that featured a restaurant that specializes in pizza pot pies. They looked delicious, so I had to try to make my own. I have no idea if I succeeded, but they were pretty good. I also made regular pizza just in case the pot pies were no good. It's like living on the sun here (I know, I'll stop complaining now, I swear) So, I made a rice noodle salad to try and cool us off. I also had an overwhelming need for good seafood after browsing here recently, so I ordered prawns from Pike Place Fish Market in Seattle. Ridiculously expensive, but I had to do it. Made a Caesar salad to go along with it. I got some wonderful anchovies that I used. Finally, you HAVE to make this pie. Seriously, it's the best no-bake pie ever. Here is the recipe from Serious Eats. http://www.seriouseats.com/recipes/2011/07/10-minute-lime-cracker-pie-recipe.html My picture is horrible, but it's so nice and refreshing. I am thinking about making a bathtub full and just sinking in lol.

LOVING your life, Jerry! I read your blog regarding your surgery a couple of years ago with great interest. I now have the sniffles and red eyes after tearing up over your Egullet romance. Your wife is beautiful!!! (although, I'm not so sure that she stalked you....ehem lol) I'm now going back to read more in-depth. I had to stop at the popcorn popper/coffee roaster so that I could comment. I'm over here on the Kansas side of the sun. I've never seen so many over 100 degree days in a row. Is it ever going to rain????

Niiiiiiiiiiiice. I feel instantly relaxed just looking at that picture.