Iron Chefs
Mar/080
After an inspiring viewing of Iron Chef several months ago, we shopped, cooked, laughed and tasted in our own iron chef fashion.
The key ingredient for all dishes – Chocolate!
The rules were simple: no recipes allowed, use chocolate in everything, and have fun. The last rule was certainly easy considering chocolate was abounding everywhere…even in places it shouldn’t have been (some might argue)!
That night, we made 4 dishes with 4 different kids of chocolate.
On the menu:
Asian Acorn Squash Milk Chocolate Soup
White Chocolate, Cheddar and Sour Cream Biscuits
Oh So Chocolaty Glazed Carrots
and
Cacao and Spice Crusted Filet Mignon
Daniel always has a knife
Carly’s cooking…or goofing off
Plate it up! Time to taste.
By the way, 2 of the dishes were excellent, 1 of the dishes was passable and 1 of the dishes was horribly wrong. Can you guess which was which?
Townhome
Mar/080
We have purchased a home. We are home.
Upon a quick dictionary perusal of the word “home”, you may find any (and more) of the following definitions, which depending on your lifestyle, phase of life, perspective, or mental state at the time of reading will lead you to be either alarmed, amused, or in some level of concurrence.
in or at the place one lives
to the intended or correct position
denoting the administrative center of an organization
a place where an object is kept
an institution for people needing professional care or supervision
the family or social unit occupying such a place
the place where one lives permanently
the place where something flourishes, is most typically found, or from which it originates
I would have to agree that for now, we would seem quite permanently in this place, which I feel is certainly the intended and correct position. If you were to look at the current state of Dan’s office desk (not the misleading photo you will soon find below in which he had plenty of help and advance notice of said photography) you may also be inclined to agree with the part of the third definition that speaks to “administrative center” though you would be quite absurd to agree to the part about organization! And yes, there are many objects kept in this home. Perhaps already too many and yet at times, like the other day when I needed to find a sensible tool for grating cheese, it seems not enough. As for the professional care or supervision…I think I shall refrain from comment at this time. Ah, but I do like the last one here about flourishing. Yes, this indeed is a nice thought. It reminds me of a sign I saw not so long ago that read “Home is where your heart says Ah….”
Without further ado, some photos of home!
Sorry, no upstairs (bedrooms) photos…
Come visit us soon!