long and whining road

I am a slacker...I admit it.
It has been a long 8 months and I think my brain has finally up and quit or the very least taken a break from the rest of us...(by us I mean my body and soul).

I haven't cooked much these past few weeks and my natives are getting a bit restless with hambugers and tacos. I am just to darn tired to cook after a 16 hr day and the mike is to lazy to make the effort...love him but this is a sore point. I do wish , at times like this, that I had an easier job. One that let me be home more and cok more at home. I like the idea of experimenting and comeing up with new ideas for my sons and the mike to eat.


Then one of the boys punches the other cause they won't let them play with something and I realize I rather be at work experimenting with food alone with just me and my Depeche Mode.

Just a picture of my son making chocolates......he is adorable.

Anyway you want it...that is definietly not the way I will give it.

I love my mortar and pestle.

I LOVE IT !!!!!

it is probably a very unnatural relationship to have such affection to a cold marble object but gosh darn it..I just think he is swell!
.....yes, I called it he. Doug if you are familiar to him.


Lets face it...it is not only functional but a work of art. Before  wisks to mix oils with solid substance and knives to chop chop chop herbs...there were mortars and pestels...."goes all dreamy"


Not many people even know what they are ,let alone how to use them. Like my sons, they are mearly heavy ojects to play medival times in the middle of the kitchen with.

Every true cook should have and use one...besides your cusinart, kitchen aid and $300 knife, this is your next best best friend.




and is also a handy door stop.

I think to much

I really do think to much about things that most people find dull or uninteresting....

Like food at sports games......(I am watching the Stanley Cup and FIFA friendlys for the World Cup)

Ok so I like hot dogs, cracker jacks and lukewarm beer...but seriously havent we evolved to the point where we can have a nice panni sandwich,high end COLD beer, maybe food on a stick...

wait...thats it ....FOOD ON A STICK!!!!

It would be the most convenient food to have in stadium. Stick them in holders with a sauce in the middle.

ANYTHING can be on sticks,,,,,meat, chicken, lamb, fruit and even (god forbide) VEGETABLES!!!!
There I said it...Healthy Food at a sports event. I swear to you this will be the trend. Healthy, gluten free, vegetarian and vegan food will become the norm at your next Super Bowl!

Nachos with good beer in Montreal...healthyish

what the frickiety frack!

That's a phrase I tend to hear at 8pm when my eldest son ,Cj, is battling the zombies or whatever he does in his room with the Xbox.

Some day he will stabilize and be a "normal" boy....though I doubt that day will come anytime soon.

But I digress....WHY DIDN'T ANYONE POKE ME TO WRITE!!!!

OK...I will admit I have been super duper slacker and probably could have stopped watching Real Housewives of New York, but DAMN IT!!!! That Jill ...you can't stop watching her. Its like crack for cooks.




wait.....



Anyway...so short story long....The women who was the catering director quit after having surgery that didn't quite heal her properly...her arm at least...(baddaboom...I do two shows daily)So I had to do a lot on my own and to tell you the truth..I sucked at it. Ok I probably didn't suck, but all I could think of for the entire month of February was work. I didn't pay bills, didn't have sex ( i love sex fyi)forgot my kids a little. And worse, i lost my concentration. My attention span flew out the door. And it took me till May to get it back.

But lucky for me we had a gem waiting to take the catering director job and she is a perfect match for me and the job. We work really well with each other and while there have been a few hiccups we have a rock solid team.

Our busy season is done and while we haven't made millions, we have done well.We even feed 325 people a plated dinner(duet of sea bass and Beef Filet ) all at once in 30 minutes....which is kick ass.If you saw the kitchen you would be like .."HOLY &(*&&&^^%%%%%***&&**"



So I am back...and back with plenty of stories and funny stuff.



So lets all come in for a big hug and butt squeeze...

Meetings are just so much more than naptime

I had a meeting last week that I have every week.
Most of the time there is stuff in them that pertains to me.

This week...I seriously don't remember any of it but this....

"Oh dear god..what he just say.? I can't even remember. Oh god this
has nothing to do with me. I could be napping. Wait, maybe I am. No...I am
awake and writing so I can't be napping. oh dear god it has been going on for 2hrs. WHAT DID WE ACCOMPLISH??????
I AM BORED!I AM BORED!I AM BORED!I AM BORED!I AM BORED!I AM BORED!I AM BORED!

I want a cookie and cocoa...."


That's what I wrote .......I think I was a bit bored.
But highlight was the person next to me trying to keeping lol....literally LOL...

Hello

Just a quick "waves" HI
to the three followers I now have.

Yes, to me it is a big deal to have you guys on board. I am , after all, a geek.


big sloppy kisses

Frozen to my silk pink panties

Here a few (crap) cell phone pixs of my night in the frozen tundra  while cooking corn and ribeyes

 

  

  

this is from a function I did where I plated up in the hallway.....yes that is a bottle of wine.

That's how I roll......(well not really, it was for the president..of the college.)