...almost in time for this weekend. :)
paella on our anniversary
brunch at devil's food with peter (breakfast burrito in the back, tomato, mozzarella & green chile omelet and salad with fresh berried in front)
-sipping txacolina and nibbling on a cheese plate at beatrice & woodsley, a beautiful new restaurant that serves decadent (but pricey!) small plates
-walking among inspiring art (including whimsical sculptures by penney bidwell) at a summer festival
-waching a surprisingly entertaing movie
-putting together pieces of a puzzle followed by a sushi dinner
last night i made a shrimp & avocado "sushi" salad perfect for a summer night. it was a slightly altered version of a recipe from my moosewood cookbook and came out delicious. (see another version of this salad plus recipe here.) in the middle is rice mixed with carrots, scallion, radish, nori, and rice vinegar. i also got to use some of my wasabi powder to make a dressing. have you used wasabi powder? it's great.
i wrote this really awesome post about food and cooking and great links but typepad decided to delete it TWICE, so my 3rd attempt will be short and sweet.
i wrote about how my friend, steve, sent me the link to a delcious blog, bread and honey, written by two of his adorable friends. i haven't tried any of the recipes yet but the photos make me drool.
then i wrote about how i decided that at some point in my life i want to dedicate a chunk of time to imporving my culinary skills. i want to chop, chop, chop up vegetables at lightning speed like they do on tv.
and then i wrote about how jordan is nice enough to ooooh and ahhhhh over the dishes i concoct in our little kitchen. and how that makes me feel rad.
but it was all written in a slightly more verbose, very much more eloquent manner.
have a happy weekend.
tonight, we will see art!
i hope mine will be filled with refreshing drinks,
freshly baked cookies,
and happy flowers.
(adorable graffiti spotted around the corner from city, o' city)
where does time go?
we had a wonderful visit with my 2 oldest friends this past weekend and it's wednesday before i have time to post anything about it.
we:
-ate a cheese plate, french toast, cookies, scrambled eggs with veggies, tamales, salami, asparagus, and pancakes with fresh strawberries
-spent more than a couple of hours and dollars at the mall
-admired the mountains during a hike
- chatted, analyzed, giggled, and sang beatles songs
we're going to make it a yearly event. seattle in 2009!
(more photos to follow later in the week.)
-oven roasted beet salad: tangerine & fennel salad, humboldt fog goat cheese, walnut vinaigrette
-potato-wrapped oysters rockefeller: parmesan-leek emulsion, baby spinach
-pan roasted alleye pike: warm shaved asparagus salad, yukon gold potato & english pea puree, foraged mushroom duxelle
-2005 hitching post pinot noir
mmmm...mmmm...mmmm
we finally tried fruition and it was as good as we heard. i can't wait to go back.
tofu vietnamese sandwich with yam fries at sputnik
peanut butter chocolate (!) and lemon cupcakes from the shoppe
kitty wants a lick of peanut butter frosting.
(bottom two photos courtesy of jon, photographer and movie-maker extraordinaire)
fancy quality illustrated cans
pink and red and turquoise
bottles and bottles and bottles and bottles and bottles
mega melons
we cooked with fresh water chestnuts for the first time.
sweet, crunchy, yum.
(h mart, 2751 s. parker road, aurora, co)
-fatty tuna tartare with caviar, fresh wasabi, and a japanese mountain plum
-salmon and yellowtail new-style sashimi (not pictured)
-black cod (left is soy-glazed, right is miso-glazed) with lightly fried jalapeno and japanese eggplant.
-goldeneye snapper sushi (DELICIOUS), amberjack sushi, and spicy tuna roll toped with seared tuna
-yelowtail roll with daikon, avocado, and some other yummy fillings (not pictured)
orange cheesecake, freshly made vanilla ice cream with rice crisps, chocolate and strawberries, and oozing chocolate cake
i adore sushi sasa!
(i highly recommend it to anyone living in or near denver. make a recommendation and don't forget to stop by the ATM on your way downtown.)
