Thanksgiving at Melissa’s
Carole & I usually go to Ottawa to one of our favorite restaurants on Thanksgiving. Yes, there is a bit of irony, which we cultivate, surrounding leaving the US to celebrate a US holiday. I have no family I’d much want to associate with in any case & Carole’s family members live on the West [...]
VN Food with Amy
Last night our friend Amy came over & we made Indian food, but last week I cooked Vietnamese: Spring rolls and a crab & noodle salad. Here is picture of my plate of the Vietnamese food. (I think we got some of the Indian dishes we had last night & I’ll post those later.) [...]
Garlic Rum BBQ Sauce for Chicken
Mix in a big bowl: 1/4 cup brown sugar  1/4 cup rum 1/4 sherry vinegar 3 Tbs olive oil 1 Tbs salt 4 Tbs tomato paste 1 head roasted garlic, peeled, diced & crushed 1 Tbs rosemary chopped fine with garlic Marinate chicken in sauce for several hours. Grill over indirect heat. When half-cooked, coat [...]
Dog Walk
On the dog walk this morning we saw the first Colton robin, mourning doves, & an evening grosbeak, along with the starlings who moved into town last week. It’s in the fifties this morning, with rain predicted, which may wash out the last of the snow. Ah, mud season! After the walk, I made hash [...]
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