Chocolate Night … of Bliss

It’s Thursday, 23:11, and M and Richard just had to leave. Dinner tonight was outstanding. The theme was chocolate, and it was a big week for both M and Richard, so I felt it was time to go over the top. First, the wine. We featured 3 wines, and added a fourth. The 2009 Pinot […]

Dumplings Come Home

Another after-the-fact post. Ah well… the pictures will have to suffice for much of the information. Last week I jokingly suggested the theme for this week would be dumplings. Fortunately, I’m the only one who took it seriously. Mitch and Eileen brought savory eclair-style cream puffs with smoked salmon mousse. I have to admit that […]

Better Late Than Never?

Ah … I’m so so so late in doing some updates. I’m writing this on May 1, but it actually reflects the first Top Chef back from Austria on April 7. Some names of dishes and descriptions are lost to memory. But photos exist (mostly). Deal with it. For TC tonight, we didn’t really have […]

T-Minus 58 Minutes

The monitor in front of me says we should arrive at DTW in 58 minutes, and the flight has been marked by me watching 3 movies, sort of. They were The Social Network, a movie called Somewhere directed by Sofia Coppola, and Tangled. Social Network was really profoundly well done, and incredibly disheartening … I […]

It Was Edible

Dinner is done. The options were tortellini and chicken with herb butter. I chose the chicken. For starters there was a salad with balsamic dressing. It was rather bland. Next there was a rubbery roll, served with a really nice creamy butter that had pleasant cheesy undertones. The chicken itself wasn’t entirely awful, although overcooked […]

Pretzels and….

In the air somewhere over the UK. They just brought the beverage cart by. With the pretzels, I will have … A Heineken. And I’m watching The Social Network . The beer was definitely a better choice than diet coke. I’m sitting next to the kitchen, and something smells burned. There is no cute little […]