El Bulli is Closing

Hey Anna,

Check out this article from the NY Times.

http://dinersjournal.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/02/12/el-bulli-to-close-permanently/

The Dinner Party

So after my Israel trip, I felt inspired to host a Shabbat dinner for Birthright alumni in Louisville. What the heck, great excuse to cook and I might meet some other Jewish people my age along the way- seriously, I think they've been hiding the last two years.

A week after the initial invite, and the guest list was 6... nice, manageable number... I have enough plates for 8. The menu will be pretty simple- fettuccine alfredo with green salad. The fun part is that I'm making everything, pasta included, from scratch.

It's T-minus 4 days until the party, and I just found out that my guest list has grown to 15. That's 5 pounds of pasta, 2 loaves of challah, and 4 bags of salad. Not to mention, where the hell are they all going to fit in my one bedroom apartment? If I cook the pasta in two pots and put some people on the couch, I guess it can work. Thank god for my new mixer. Will keep you posted.

Becky's new house

So- have you found a way to eat in your new house yet?

Amazing how difficult it is to cook and eat without dishes ;) Such a shame that the lack of a salad bowl prevented you from eating gooey, crunchy spanakopita. Ugh, you're making me hungry right now thinking about it.

I haven't moved, nor do I have hidden dishes- but I have been eating the same pot of chili for 8 days in a row... hazard of dinner party leftovers and no roommate to share with. Not gonna lie, the chili was amazing the first three nights- an ancho steak variety that braised 4 hours in a handmade paste. But after 8 days... I'm done. And dreaming about the spanakopita that you almost ate the other day ;)

Cooking in my new house

nothing is easy anymore.

Boy and I wanted to heat up some spanikopita and make a salad for dinner in our new house. simple, right?

1) new gas oven smell freaked us out. Is this going to kill us in our sleep? poison our food?

2) we need to take out the spanikopita. where are potholders? shit.

3) alright, where are towels? shit.

4) is your sleeve going to be long enough to take the food out of the oven?

5) where is knife?

6) do we know where cutting board is?

7) plates must be cleaned from being wrapped in newsprint so we can eat off them. I think we're out of dish soap and sponges.

8) I think if we rinse them off, they should be okay.

9) do we have another towel that does not have a burning hot tray resting on it?

10) no longer hungry. this house thing is going to be harder than I thought.

~Becky