Merry Christmas!

Smile, it’s Christmas! Treat yourself to a good breakfast today.

Christopher Walken Cooks a Chicken

I love this video of Christopher Walken cooking a chicken with pears in his home, not only because Christopher Walken is so cool but also because the video is so home-video-like. I also like to sometimes narrate my recipes while I’m cooking them, but of course, I am not a cool movie star and neither [...]

So Cooking Is a Game to You?

For all you Wii owners who love to cook, but don’t want the bother of actually preparing food that you might eat, let me direct your attention to the new video game, Cooking Mama Cook-Off. This is the latest bizarre import from Japan that has you using your Wii to crack eggs, slice meat and [...]

Six Weird Food Things About Me, Another Meme

Kate in the Kitchen tagged me for this meme a little while back, and since nothing much at all happened this week, I’m going to let this be my weekly roundup instead. No cooking updates this time; I was on my own all week, so I cooked a couple of good soups (posted the recipes [...]

Three Things: A Meme

Ok, this is my first meme, so please bear with me. David at Cooking Chat tagged me.
Three people/things that make me laugh
my husband, my dogs, whenever my boss says “it can’t be that hard”
Three things that scare me
live eels, eels on my plate, flying
Three things I love
my husband, books, cooking
Three things I hate
aggressive drivers, [...]

Top Chef #6: Thanksgiving in the House

Last week, I was hoping Top Chef would get more fractious, and thus more interesting. Boy, did I get my wish. This episode was just zany. There really is no other word for it.
First, in the Quickfire Challenge, five chefs won, so they all got to sit out the Elimination Challenge. The remaining five chefs [...]

Top Chef #5: The “Offal” Episode

The Quickfire Challenge on Top Chef last week had to do with cooking offal. I do not understand offal at all. It is not something I would remotely want to eat. But all the great chefs I read about seem to love it and love serving it. I would think it would be a really [...]

Top Chef #3: Personalities start to emerge

First, I want to say, way to go, Cliff — for winning the Quickfire Challenge and being in the top three! I think Cliff is the only one who is really listening when they give out these challenges, which is why he is winning. Shorty-short Shorts clearly said that the ice cream for the Quickfire [...]

Top Chef, Part Deux

The second episode of Top Chef was no more suspenseful than the first. It was clear from the beginning who was going home: Otto. I guess they have to clear out the duds in the early episodes. How do these people get on the show in the first place?
Cliff is emerging as another favorite of [...]

Mexican Food

I finally got around to uploading the photos from our August trip to Oregon and rediscovered this gem. It’s a big burrito, senorita. Try it, you’ll like it.