RECENT NOTES
Note added to Try 10 new restaurants :
Tried Lilly's in Durham - it isn't as good as Lilly's in Raleigh. Sad.
3 days agoNote added to Paint concrete under the car port:
Repaired concrete, will only paint when we are ready to sell
3 months agoNote added to Try a new recipe every month:
Made Pommes Anna and Chocolate Mousse for Julia Child's 100th B-Day
10 months agoNote added to Try a new recipe every month:
Made this: http://www.food52.com/recipes/344_cherry_tomato_clafoutisI liked the idea of a savory clafoutis but hmm,,, it was a little bland and I think had a bit too much flo...(more)
10 months agoNote added to Try a new recipe every month:
Made topping for crostini based on this: http://www.food52.com/recipes/310_tomato_nectarine_and_mozzarella_salad except I used mint and oregeno instead of basil.
10 months agoNote added to Try a new recipe every month:
Made this: http://smittenkitchen.com/2010/07/18/scalloped-tomatoes-with-croutons/I liked it, hubby not a fan
10 months agoNote added to Try a new recipe every month:
Made a tomato pie/tart- pre baked pie crust, layer of mozzarella cheese, layer of basil leaves, cherry tomatoes baked at 350 for 45min-1hr
11 months agoNote added to Try a new recipe every month:
Made this:http://www.marthastewart.com/337701/zucchini-and-yellow-squash-gratin with some modifications (Gruyere instead of Parmesan) and some herbs Was quite good.
one year agoNote added to Read at least one book a month and keep a list of them:
May 2012 - read a bunch of fiction, Founding Gardeners (good) and The Paper Garden: An Artist Begins Her Life's Work at 72 by Molly Peacock (also good, fascinating biography o...(more)
one year agoNote added to Try a new recipe every month:
May - made some not so great sweet potato curry soup. Oh well.
one year agoNote added to Try 10 new restaurants :
Ate at Saratoga Grill, local. Its a very old school surf and turf sort of place, decent clam chowder but nothing fantastic. Good hours, so that's helpful.
one year agoNote added to Back up hard drive monthly:
Need to find a better way of doing this... I don't think just copying it to the hard drive is quite the stuff
one year agoNote added to Read at least one book a month and keep a list of them:
Got back into reading fiction, hooray- one Wodehouse, Catnappers two Lackey Collegium series, and Chalice by McKinley (good, but suffers from her plotting issues). Maybe I ne...(more)
one year agoNote added to Read at least one book a month and keep a list of them:
Read Indirect Procedures, very good and inspirational
one year agoNote added to Try a new recipe every month:
Made this bread: http://allrecipes.com/recipe/honey-wheat-bread-iii/detail.aspx but used one cup wheat germ and one cup chopped up oats instead of whole wheat, failed to rise...(more)
one year agoNote added to Try 10 new restaurants :
Bull City Burger - Waaay to expensive and okay food
one year agoNote added to Try a new recipe every month:
March 2012 made key lime pie and http://www.food52.com/recipes/14480_asian_fried_chicken_with_honey_ginger_sauce both very yummy
one year agoNote added to Play Diplomacy again:
Played a game online. I don't think I enjoy playing online, I discovered. Oh well.
one year agoNote added to Submit a recipe to a contest on Food52:
http://www.food52.com/recipes/16166_a_kid_could_make_it_spicy_chocolate_candy
one year agoNote added to Read at least one book a month and keep a list of them:
Feb 2012: Read several job related titles "What are you going to do with that?" etc.
one year agoNote added to Try a new recipe every month:
Month one: made my own new recipe for Food52 contest
one year agoNote added to Try 10 new restaurants :
Ate at Piebird, Raliegh. Honey chess and coconut pies were excellent! Savories were okay.
one year ago