Jamie’s Apple, Ale and Cheddar Soup

As promised, here is my recipe for Apple, Ale and Cheddar soup. Part 1 What you need: 1 stick buttter1 cup chopped onions1/2 cup diced carrots1/2 cup celery In a large saucepan, melt butter over medium heat. Add onions, carrots and celery and saute until soft (~5 minutes). Part 2 What you need: 1/2 cup [...]

Homemade

I did it. I created my first recipe! Years ago, I went to dinner at a place in New York City called Dish with he11o_sunshine and stubiebrother . I had the best soup I’ve ever had in my life there. It was an "apple, ale and cheddar" soup and it was delicious! We tried to go back once and discovered, [...]

Halloween and Taco Salad

Halloween today, but unlike last year, there was no dressing up or Halloween parties this year. There was work, and then after work, I headed home and started preparing dinner. AJ and Denisse came over around 7 PM and I made a taco salad using one of strausmouse’s recipes. I think it came out pretty good, even though I made [...]

I can’t get this garlic taste out of my mouth

Up at 6:30 AM and into work shortly thereafter. For some reason, I didn’t feel as productive as usual today. Work has seemed relatively quiet all week long, but it just seemed to drag a bit today because I couldn’t get the engines firing on all 8 cylinders. I made dinner again tonight. This time, it was [...]

New Scientist

Before the wedding, I subscribed to New Scientist. When I got back from the honeymoon, the first issue was in the mail. Unlike SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, New Scientist is a weekly magazine. The next issue came yesterday. I didn’t want to fall too far behind and so today, I read last week’s issue cover-to-cover. And you know what, I thoroughly [...]

Cooking immersion

Yesterday, I began a period of "cooking immersion" which I hope will help develop any dormant cooking skills that reside within me. I planned out our meals for the week, went shopping for everything I needed, and plan to cook 2 dishes each night in order to build up experience. I’m using the wonderful custom-made cookbook that strausmouse [...]

Peaceful weekend, part 1

Kelly and I planned for these to be a peaceful weekend–our first one in over a month, since moving to the new house. And for the most part, today was very peaceful. I went to bed early last night–by accident. I got in bed to read, and before I knew it, I just couldn’t focus on the page any longer. [...]

Last night’s dinner

I cooked dinner last night. I mean, really cooked. I used one of the cookbooks that Mom & Dad got us. We defrosted some free range (or as Kelly likes to call them “happy”) chicken breast. Then when I got home from work, I made us “ranch chicken”. In addition, I made a side of [...]

More “Cooking with Jamie and Kelly”

It rained quite a bit yesterday and neither Kelly nor I felt much like going our for food after work. We’d already planned to make Rice Krispy Treats, but we also decided to make dinner too. We kept it simple this time: whole wheat pasta, pasta sauce, and sliced up carrots. After that we made [...]

Kitchen juggling and other miscellaneous stuff

Happy March! Last night I prepared the most complex meal I’ve ever done so far. It was not complex in terms of ingredients or anything light that. I made ravioli with pasta sauce, and steamed broccoli, which I suppose is fairly simple. But I had three burners on the stove going at the same time, [...]

A big step in every relationship…

Tonight, Kelly and I took a big step forward in our relationship.

Breakfast, anyone?

Although we went to bed really late, we were up by 9 AM and almost my first act of the New Year was to cook everyone breakfast. That’s right: I made breakfast. I used the new Black and Decker grill-thing that he11o_sunshine and stubiebrother got me for the holidays to make pancakes. I also made [...]

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Home and in bed. Post on Nebula Weekend, day 1 will have to wait because I am beat! #Nebs2012 6 hours ago
Ran into Stan Schmidt as I was leaving the hotel. Heading home from a fun evening at #Nebs2012 7 hours ago
Here is @Scalzi and @MykeCole in the uke. See what you are missing @scottedelman. #Nebs2012 http://t.co/9HTltEsu 8 hours ago
Just finished a fun interview with @NancyFulda for @sfsignal. 11 hours ago
Heading back to my office to park the car, and then I'll be walking over to the #Nebs2012 hotel. 13 hours ago
RT @NancyFulda: Attention VA residents: It's not too late to plan for the #nebs2012 signing session. Snag a date to impress with how man ... 15 hours ago
Heading off to get ready for the Nebula Weekend. Have some things to do first. Should arrive at the hotel around 4pm. #nebs2012 16 hours ago
@lesleysmith Some people post videos (with permission, of course). I'll see if I can find out... 16 hours ago
@lesleysmith Of course! :-) 16 hours ago
@lesleysmith It does sound fascinating and it's good a good set of panelists to go along with it. Should be fun. 17 hours ago