Thursday, January 27, 2011

The Car Luge

Driveway, 7:00 AM


It was a fun ride down the hill this morning. After we dug a tunnel to get my car out, we slid down to the lake.

Wild ride!

No mail today

Front Yard


It's a family Affair!


In all fairness, some of this fell yesterday. 

A message to Mother Nature:

Suck it. This is absurd. I've been driving with the air on and my windows down, burning my trash (especially plastics) and leaving every light in my house on (incandescent) so that we wouldn't have to do this anymore.


And the plow guy went from hero to zero real fast. Overwhelmed...we all are.

Snow Cage

Beautiful.

There used to be a walkway here.


Possibility of some drifting snow.

Wednesday, January 26, 2011

Shrimp Spiedini with Pesto, New Potatoes, and Chickpea Aioli

That's a lot of words for Potatoes, Shrimp and basil sauce...

Real good, but a lot of work for dinner.

Maybe we'll do this when we're showing off to friends and neighbors. Not that we would ever do that...

Tuesday, January 25, 2011

State of the Lamb Leg

As I stand before this chamber, I am proud to announce that the state of the Lamb Leg is Delicious!



I confess: this is not nearly as exciting as sitting in front of your flat screen for an HD view of the State of Dis-Union. However, if you're interested in good food and things that you can actually swallow, check this out:



Broiled Leg of lamb with Mustard Glaze. It took about 30 minutes to make, and came out perfect. Unlike Joe Biden's hair doo. Oh, btw, that is goat cheese on toasted french bread with a bed of brown rice. John Boehner has a pink tie. Dummy...



And you don't need to leverage your children's future with deficit spending to afford a meal this good. You'll need the extra cash, because paying more in taxes isn't punishing your success, it's promoting the success of America.  Enjoy!

Sunday, January 23, 2011

Onion Soup

When your days look like this:



You need to have a dinner that looks like this:



Onion soup from Anthony Bourdain. It was excellent. There are few things in life better than good Onion Soup. I could eat this every day.



Tell me that doesn't look great!!

Thursday, January 20, 2011

Braised Veal Shanks

Sorry about the blurry, half eaten picture on this one--but it was that good. I couldn't wait and had to start eating. This was another very easy to make meal--and delicious too. We had beats and fettuccine with it. We'll definitely have this one again.

Wednesday, January 12, 2011

French Food...

Behold, Boeuf a la ficelle:


Good, easy comfort food. It was great on the night of the terrible Blizzy. The mustard and salt goes really well with everything in the dish. We'll do this again--