Gee, Thanks, Karen.

So my sister sent me the link to the Philippine episode of Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations. I used to watch that show, why did I stop? Mr. Bourdain, after admitting that Filipinos tended to be the loud wheel that squeaked “Why haven’t you come to the Philippines?”, made his way over there some time last [...]

New Toy!

005 Originally uploaded by Phisch After waiting and searching, I finally found a beautiful Lodge cast iron griddle to make pancakes with! My dad had a really nice, well-seasoned griddle like this and it was always so neat to watch him make pancakes on Sundays. You could make eight at once on that puppy which [...]

Brunch!

Well, let’s see. Pizza night hasn’t quite worked out. Last night, I placed the online order but the store never got it. No worries, we all got dinner at Zen instead. The kids had chicken teriyaki and rice, I had a Dashi bowl (salmon and veggies in ginger lime sauce over rice) and hubby had [...]

PIZZA NIGHT!

I think it’s official. Fridays will now become Pizza Night. Or, maybe that will be Thursdays, but this week it’s tonight. The boys have soccer practices at 5:30 on Thu. and 6 on Fri., dab smack in the middle of dinner prep time. So far, we’ve come home late then have to make a hasty [...]