Soup Belly

September 18th, 2009 | Subscribe to comments | 10 comments

At around 11:30pm last night, there were some loud ‘SQUAAAWWWWKKKs’ followed by a few ‘BUGGGGOOOOQQQUUIIITTTTs’ outside our bedroom window.
Chris turns to me, slowly, asking, “Was that just me, or did that sound like two TURKEYS fighting outside our window?!”
I immediately ran outside in my pajamas, bunny slippers on feet, curlers in hair, cigarette in mouth, [...]

September 17th, 2009 | Subscribe to comments | 10 comments

As my husband and I work, we talk online throughout the day. We’re not texters. And I’m not a phone person. Phones should exist in order to call 911 or to tell your significant other to pick up milk at the store on the way home. Chris is actually more of a phone person than [...]

August 21st, 2009 | Subscribe to comments | 19 comments

 
Now, I absolutely would’ve loved to say that I made up this clever name for this sandwich all on my own, but I was about to name it the BLATS until my husband suggested, “Why don’t you name it the BLAST instead? As in, we’re having a B.L.A.S.T.!” 
Anagrams are not my forte. 
Plus, eating something named [...]

June 19th, 2009 | Subscribe to comments | 25 comments

 
Someone asked me the other day if I come up with my own recipes. Unless I say ‘adapted from’, or post a link from another website, it’s something I whipped up myself.
This is one recipe that I whipped up myself. I don’t usually follow recipes or instructions as I cook - I just cook, take pictures, [...]

June 9th, 2009 | Subscribe to comments | 15 comments

When I was living in London for the summer of 2001, I walked by a little café after work every evening.  This café had a glass display case with different variations of panini.  The one that struck me the most was this:

The panini were all displayed open-faced so you could see the various ingredients in each [...]