Telling food stories, one kitchen at a time
I know what you need. Because who doesn’t need this from time to time? You need a comfy-cozy food blanket to burrow into. Something that gives you the warm-fuzzies from your tummy to your toes. And I’ve got just the one.
I’d like to say that I enjoyed this dinner snuggled up on the couch watching a Meg Ryan movie and sipping warm apple cider. It would have been nice to spoon this up over a candle-lit table and a nice bottle of red wine. But no, the universe had different plans for me.
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I’m writing this on the drive home from Nashville.
Guuuurrrrls weeeekeennnndd!
It took all my effort to shout that. I am worn out.
It’s been 10 days of travel — two very different trips, but both soooo awesome. I called the BBF nearly every day and talked his ear off. Seriously, the guy is such a good sport.
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Mom made pesto and I used that to marinate the chicken, Shout out to her — thaaaaanks Mooooom! 🙂
And that’s only the stuff I took home. I also ingested a fancy free dinner, a few gratis happy hours, a lot of education sessions, and a freakin’ ton of new food products. I met new friends, made industry contacts, swapped lots of business cards, and came home with some creative ideas for my career.
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It all started with a date night to Mission Pizza and this sausage:
If you live close to me and you’ve never been, permission to:
Promise to finish reading this later?
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My friends are growing up. We all get older, but I reserve the term “growing up” for those life events that are life-changing. Graduations. marriages. births. promotions. heartbreak. even travel can be life-changing.
In my experience, life-changing moments = abundance of food. And this weekend I was hit with two of those life-changing-decadent-table-spread-open-bar events – a baby shower and a wedding. Even my best intentions and pre-party pep talks of “You don’t have to eat cake just because there is cake” were not enough to actually keep me away from the cake. Or from the vino.
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I heard on the radio the other morning – so it MUST be true – that Americans weigh the most in October and January.
(Uhmm: Does that mean people are dieting in November and December? Who does that?
(And uhmm: How are they even tracking this? Big Brother is scary.)
In honor of this, I’m delivering the second biscuit recipe of the month — before we’ve even made it through Day 3. I have been indulging crazing-cramming-my-face with biscuits for the past three days. (I’ve eaten an undisclosed amount between five and 10.)
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Get ready for this!
As you know from my previous post, I’m not giving in to the apples or pumpkins just yet. Pears are in season and they shouldn’t get overlooked! Bartlett and anjou pears are some of my favorite fruits. They’re sweet as candy when they’re ripe and so juicy. A proper pear chow down should leave you with juice all over your face, running down your arms, and dripping off your chin.
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