Archive for January, 2010
Disney 2010: Day 1
First things first: I’m posting vacation photos on my photo gallery daily!!
Yes, we’re back. Yesterday was quite the adventure. There was snow coming into the Mid-Atlantic region (closing airports along the way), and the mystery of what a Deluxe resort room (did I say FREE!) upgrade looks like.
We got up at 3:30am to make the [...]
Good Eats Episode 3 (Part 1)
Since it’s a Saturday, I got ready to make breakfast and then remembered that Episode 3 was “The Egg-Files I”. I took a quick peek, hoping that there would be a recipe for scrambled eggs in there since that’s what I was prepared to make anyway, and sure enough — there was. Not only is [...]
Good Eats Episode 2 (Part 2)
As much as the Mashers weren’t such a hit with us on Wednesday night, I was really nervous about the second recipe from Episode 2. Technically there was only one recipe for the actual show, but in the book Alton has added a recipe for dealing with any leftover Mashers. He calls them Masher Cakes.
To [...]
Good Eats Episodes 1 and 2
After coming up with the idea for Good Eats, Alton Brown filmed two pilot episodes. Episode 1 (Steak Your Claim) featured a pan-seared ribeye steak, and Episode 2 (This Spud’s For You) fittingly featured mashed potatoes. Due to time constraints, each episode only had one recipe; the book supplies one lost recipe (as I call [...]
In Search of Good Eats
I’m a huge fan of Alton Brown; he really is my hero. I’ve had the Good Eats series DVDs on my Christmas list for a long time, but alas have never received even one. But my day was saved during this past October. He’s in the midst of writing and releasing a three-book series covering [...]
2009 WrapUp
Getting that 2010 Handbook email really reminded me that I never put an official end to 2009. All-in-all, it was a good year for us. We had good times, and downright ugly times, but we’re still here and that’s a Good Thing ™. From my viewpoint, here are the highlights and lowlights:
All of the infertility [...]
2010 Survival Manual
I’m not one for forwarding around chain emails — even cute ones — I read them and delete them. But I got one today on an email list that I’m on, and it’s a really good one. There’s some great advice in here, so I’m passing it on to the rest of you in a [...]
