Jeanette and I recently saw the movie “Julie and Julia”, with Meryl Streep’s brilliant portrayal of Julia Child, and Amy Adams as the blogger who attempted to cook through the entire set of recipes in the book “Mastering the Art of French Cooking” in a year. The movie was great, and even better, inspired Jeanette [...]
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Cooking Club – Tapas
As if to start the new year off right, the Millers’ hosted this month’s Cooking Club with Jason choosing th excellent theme of tapas. Big things come in small packages, especially well seasoned small packages it seems; this entire theme would be better labeled as “TAPAS!” as every dish was an explosion of tasty Spanish flavors.
Here’s the rundown [...]
Cooking Club – Cherries and Cranberries
Thanks to Greg for hosting yet another great Cooking Club with the theme Cherries and Cranberries. Unfortunately, we went on vacation right after we went to this event, so I don’t have a massive writeup to go with it, but since a picture is worth a thousand words, I figure this qualifies as a small novel. Tasty [...]
Cooking Club – Ghosts, Ghouls and Goblins
While driving through the oppressive pitch black of an early autumn evening, our vehicle began to sputter to tune of an empty gas tank. Using the last of our momentum, we were able to pull to the side of the road in front of a quaint looking farmhouse (or so we presumed, due to the chicken clucks emanating from the backyard.) Walking to [...]
October, a month of birthdays and business!
We had an excellent time earlier this month with the Morrisons and Christensons celebrating my birthday. After a tasty breakfast, my mother had the excellent idea of going to the Edina Realty fall festival near 50th and France. Aside from the biting cold wind, the kids had a great time with free horseback riding, face [...]
