One More Thing......

Burrata, the dreamy, creamy cousin of mozzarella, may have roots in Italy, but its home is in L.A.

Please check out this insanely delicious cheese. xoxx

CHEESE MASTER: Vito Girardi with burrata at his Gioia Cheese Co. in South El Monte.

Fall: Some "food for thought"

Roasted Corn Pudding in Acorn Squash

Cherry Blossoms April!

Good Day people!
Why cherry blossoms? Because right now is bulb planting season. Bulbs: tulips, daffodils, crocuses, etc., bloom in the spring. This cute shot was taken in the spring, near my hoose.
Bulbs are what is on my agenda this weekend...along with a BBQ sauce contest, and lots of other yard work.
Yard work means completing the secret rock path, digging, and tilling some soil. It also means taking random breaks to do laundry, read, and maybe nap.
It has been sunny for days, but I think everyone here, in Seattle, knows what is looming off in the distance: grey, grey, grey, gruey, grye.....ooohhhh uuuhhhh blleehhhhh. That's okay, though, I have plenty of vitamin D, a favorite new beer (Manny's-brewed in our very own Seattle, by Georgetown Brewery (they also make a fine Pilsner)), and some chocolate frosting. xoxx

Recent Visitors to Seattle

p.s. click on the images so you can
see the pictures better....there is something
that will you make you chuckle :)

First (official) day of Autumn

Hi! I had a whole 'nother entry in mind, and then I stumbled on this picture and it just made me laugh and get soooooooo excited for ski season. With the every-now-and-then chill in the air, it makes one start to day dream, does it not? This is my brother Scott, after a ridiculous wreck last winter. We were running gates (you all know what a racer I am) and he thought that he was a distant cousin of the Herminator, and well......it turns out he is a VERY distant cousin.
Anyways, SUPRISE! I don't really have anything new to tell you. The leaves are changing, I still don't have a normal job, I have one month left until it has been a whole year since I have actually kissed a boy (and I do mean BOY), there is some great Fall fruit to be found in the streets....plums, chestnuts (for Chinese people), pear-apples (get ready for that one), regular pears, apples, and STILL the occasional blackberry, and well......I still like to cook.
Hopefully, I will see you before the snow flies. OX

WHAT? HUH?

Yeah, so there I was, 6:00 in the morning....looking like this: a crazy person. I hadn't even had coffee yet! "Knock.Knock" on the kitchen door. The neighbor Greg is standing there; right before my very eyes. "I saw the light on. I just couldn't resist." NOT! He is totally "mo", and
he wanted to borrow our internet. I was kind of embarrassed. I couldn't even really speak very well. It is hard for me to speak very well during normal hours. That's the whole story. Good story Javier!