The Cheesecake is Rich

So, Restaurant Week is over. (Spoiler Alert: Gene and I skipped tonight’s reservation in lieu of just ordering pizza…first world problems, yo!) Night One: Dinner @ the restaurant in a hotel a town over. Yummy, delicious, and the smell was incredible (I have more waxing poetic to do about that, BTW…later?). Gene won because his [...]

I swear, I totally have a life outside of work. Really. We’re about 80% of the way through restaurant week again and once again we’re eating out every night. Last Friday, dinner was at the restaurant in a hotel the next county over. The hotel was part of a chain that I stayed at once [...]

So, about once a week we make dinner in the crock pot. This week, it was crock pot risotto. Well, okay, it ended up being more like crock pot mush. You know how when you stir something all the smaller pieces kind of whirl around and get mixed up? Somehow, stirring this was more like [...]

So, restaurant week is over halfway finished and I must say, I think Gene may very well end up the big winner (for reasons other than being married to me). Monday, dinner was at a local restaurant that we have visited before. Gene had the prime rib and I had a terrifyingly large portion of [...]

Before I even start this post, I’m going to make an aside: This is my first weekend since Thanksgiving that I haven’t had to work. YAY! Yesterday was magic, better than Christmas even, and today is shaping up to be good, too. So anyway, Cheesecake City Restaurant Week started Friday and runs through a week [...]

Last night, I got home from work around 6:30 (how does a 10 minute drive TO work end up a 20+ minute drive FROM work?) and helped with a couple last minute things before Gene’s brother and his family arrived. And then I took White Dog and put my feet up on the sofa and [...]

Don’t mind me, I’m just excited that something is finished. Plus, I may be high off Stanley Steemer fumes. Appetizers: White Bean Dip with Pine Nuts (w/ pita) – DONE Cream Cheese, Sausage & Rotel Dip (probably w/ tortilla chips) – Thursday Nuts & Bolts (baked Chex mix, family favorite, using Blanche’s recipe) – DONE! [...]

Things I have done today: 1) Preheated oven. With an entire plastic wrapped pan of Nuts & Bolts still inside. Sooo glad I didn’t mummify the Nuts & Bolts and just covered loosely. (For the record, they were in the oven to keep them safe while the cleaning lady was here yesterday). 2) Freaked out [...]

Okay, this is more for my reference than anything else, but here is the planned menu for Thanksgiving 2010: Appetizers: White Bean Dip with Pine Nuts (w/ pita) Cream Cheese, Sausage & Rotel Dip (probably w/ tortilla chips) Nuts & Bolts (baked Chex mix, family favorite, using Blanche’s recipe) Entree: Rib Roast with Garlic and [...]

I forgot to tell you…while in Berlin, I went to the grocery store with our friend’s wife. While we were there she pointed out to me the “foreign” section of the store and the half a shelf of “American” food. They did an excellent job of pegging us, BTW. Here is what we Americans eat: [...]