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First day physically back in the office. Found a package of chocolate mocha covered English toffee on my desk along with a gift card to Wild Ginger, one of my favorite restaurants, from my managers. Along with a gift card to Schwartz Brothers restaurants that my manager gave me last month and one to the Cheesecake Factory that one of my aunts gave me, I'll be eating pretty! I'm least excited about the Schwartz Brothers one, because none of their 3 restaurants have gotten great reviews on Yelp. If you're in the know, would you recommend Daniel's Broiler, Chandler's Crabhouse, or Spazzo? I've been to Spazzo but it's not very interesting.
Later in the monthcorianderstem and I are going to see Avatar on IMAX 3D! I hope I don't throw up, lol. Afterward, we're going to go to Serious Pie for dinner. It's Tom Douglas's pizza place and I've been very curious about it!
I'm in rather desperate need of a haircut. I think I'm going to skip my regular stylist and try out this place in Kent that offers a wash, cut, and hot oil treatment for $17. If it turns out well it'll be worth the occasional drive.
Used a Barnes & Noble gift card to buy:
* Darkly Dreaming Dexter by Jeff Lindsay (on which the show is based)
* Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson
* The Enchantress of Florence by Salman Rushdie
(It was buy 2, get the 3rd free.)
* How to Cook Everything by Mark Bittman (I really enjoy his Minimalist column at the NY Times. Wouldn't go to him for more complex dishes, but he's the perfect source for common, less involved recipes that still taste great.)
Last night I was craving a Caesar salad, so I followed the recipe in HtCE and it was YUM. It was a lot tangier and lighter than typical Caesar salad dressings served in restaurants and I enjoyed it verrrry much. Think it was probably healthier too. Well, you know, other than the whole raw egg/possible salmonella contamination thing.
Caesar Salad (from HtCE, with my notes!)
Ingredients
* 1/2 garlic clove
* 2 eggs
* 2 tbsp freshly squeezed lemon juice
* 2 tbsp minced anchovies
* 6 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
* dash of Worcestershire sauce
* salt & pepper
* 1/2-1 cup shredded parmesan cheese
* 1 heart of romaine lettuce, washed, cut, and dried
* croutons, if desired
* additional protein, if desired (chicken, steak, shrimp, etc.)
Method
1) Rub the inside of your salad bowl with the garlic (discard when done). Seems like a waste of perfectly good garlic to me; next time maybe I'll just crush it into the dressing.
2) Bring a small pot of water to boil. Pierce the broad side of the eggs with a pin/needle. I don't know why that's necessary but I did it ... and let me tell you, piercing an egg shell with a pin/needle without breaking the whole thing open is more time consuming than it should be!
3) Boil the eggs for 60-90 seconds. Crack the eggs into the salad bowl -- they'll have only just started to firm up. Scoop out the white clinging to the shell. Beat well with a fork.
4) Gradually add the lemon juice, then the olive oil, whisking with the fork the whole time.
5) Add the anchovies and combine. You could also skip them entirely ... apparently the original Caesar salad didn't have anchovy in it; it only had that slight flavor from the Worcestershire sauce. I didn't have any W. sauce on hand and I do like anchovies, so I used them and skipped the W.
6) Add W. sauce, then add salt and pepper to taste (be pretty generous with the pepper).
7) Put the romaine lettuce into the bowl and toss well. Add the parmesan cheese over the top. I like mine totally incorporated so I tossed it again once I added the cheese.
8) Top with croutons, chicken, steak, shrimp, etc., if you're making this into a substantial meal.
I found that there was actually way more dressing than needed, so next time I'll either double the amount of lettuce or cut the recipe in half. I like my salads to be lightly dressed rather than soaking in the dressing.
I'm all caught up on this season's House (thanks, Hulu!). I like how he's declared his love for Cuddy while being openly gay with Wilson. Oh how I love this show.
Am still raiding casually (by which I mean, I don't care if I raid or not, took like a month off, and am not getting worked up about things such as loot, wiping, etc.). Last night I replaced my really crappy lvl 200 boots with my first lvl 264 piece -- and it was only my second night back from vacation. This is really the way to play WoW.
Later in the month
corianderstem and I are going to see Avatar on IMAX 3D! I hope I don't throw up, lol. Afterward, we're going to go to Serious Pie for dinner. It's Tom Douglas's pizza place and I've been very curious about it!I'm in rather desperate need of a haircut. I think I'm going to skip my regular stylist and try out this place in Kent that offers a wash, cut, and hot oil treatment for $17. If it turns out well it'll be worth the occasional drive.
Used a Barnes & Noble gift card to buy:
* Darkly Dreaming Dexter by Jeff Lindsay (on which the show is based)
* Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson
* The Enchantress of Florence by Salman Rushdie
(It was buy 2, get the 3rd free.)
* How to Cook Everything by Mark Bittman (I really enjoy his Minimalist column at the NY Times. Wouldn't go to him for more complex dishes, but he's the perfect source for common, less involved recipes that still taste great.)
Last night I was craving a Caesar salad, so I followed the recipe in HtCE and it was YUM. It was a lot tangier and lighter than typical Caesar salad dressings served in restaurants and I enjoyed it verrrry much. Think it was probably healthier too. Well, you know, other than the whole raw egg/possible salmonella contamination thing.
Caesar Salad (from HtCE, with my notes!)
Ingredients
* 1/2 garlic clove
* 2 eggs
* 2 tbsp freshly squeezed lemon juice
* 2 tbsp minced anchovies
* 6 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
* dash of Worcestershire sauce
* salt & pepper
* 1/2-1 cup shredded parmesan cheese
* 1 heart of romaine lettuce, washed, cut, and dried
* croutons, if desired
* additional protein, if desired (chicken, steak, shrimp, etc.)
Method
1) Rub the inside of your salad bowl with the garlic (discard when done). Seems like a waste of perfectly good garlic to me; next time maybe I'll just crush it into the dressing.
2) Bring a small pot of water to boil. Pierce the broad side of the eggs with a pin/needle. I don't know why that's necessary but I did it ... and let me tell you, piercing an egg shell with a pin/needle without breaking the whole thing open is more time consuming than it should be!
3) Boil the eggs for 60-90 seconds. Crack the eggs into the salad bowl -- they'll have only just started to firm up. Scoop out the white clinging to the shell. Beat well with a fork.
4) Gradually add the lemon juice, then the olive oil, whisking with the fork the whole time.
5) Add the anchovies and combine. You could also skip them entirely ... apparently the original Caesar salad didn't have anchovy in it; it only had that slight flavor from the Worcestershire sauce. I didn't have any W. sauce on hand and I do like anchovies, so I used them and skipped the W.
6) Add W. sauce, then add salt and pepper to taste (be pretty generous with the pepper).
7) Put the romaine lettuce into the bowl and toss well. Add the parmesan cheese over the top. I like mine totally incorporated so I tossed it again once I added the cheese.
8) Top with croutons, chicken, steak, shrimp, etc., if you're making this into a substantial meal.
I found that there was actually way more dressing than needed, so next time I'll either double the amount of lettuce or cut the recipe in half. I like my salads to be lightly dressed rather than soaking in the dressing.
I'm all caught up on this season's House (thanks, Hulu!). I like how he's declared his love for Cuddy while being openly gay with Wilson. Oh how I love this show.
Am still raiding casually (by which I mean, I don't care if I raid or not, took like a month off, and am not getting worked up about things such as loot, wiping, etc.). Last night I replaced my really crappy lvl 200 boots with my first lvl 264 piece -- and it was only my second night back from vacation. This is really the way to play WoW.
