Mmm Pesto

IMG_1226.JPG Originally uploaded by kerner. It’s been a couple of weeks, but we made some pesto from the basil in our garden. One of my favorite ways to use pesto is as a very simple pasta sauce. That night we ate rigatoni with fresh cherry tomatoes from our garden, roasted red pepper, and grilled chicken. All combined with a fresh …

First Stoker Smoke Underway

 I picked up a Stoker from Rock’s BBQ and it was delivered yesterday. I decided there was time this morning for a quick test run. I’ve got a slab of babybacks and a couple of thick pork chops on the WSM right now. Everything went on around 7:20 and last read has the smoker temp at 147.3° and a pork …

Adobe Community Summit 2006

 I’m on my way back from the Adobe Community Summit – an event for User Group Managers and Community Experts. It was a phenomenal week of networking, learning more about the Adobe strategy and product lines, and training. After going through two days of Flex training I’ve got to say Flex is absolutely going to rock the RIA world and …

San Jose

 I’m in San Jose this week for some meetings with Adobe. I’m looking for a few good places to eat, particularly something that would be good for a larger group (15-20). Hopefully places in downtown or walkable from downtown. Do I have any blog readers that are familiar with San Jose?

Paella & Croquettes

Last Saturday Sarah and I were searching for something to eat for dinner and I decided that in honor of San Fermin we should eat paella – albeit without seafood. We made a simple paella with tomatoes, red pepper, garlic, onion and chicken. The rice was cooked using chicken broth with a shrimp boullioin cube mixed into it. I have …

Ocean Zen with the Skelton Clan

We went to Ocean Zen last night with several of Sarah’s cousins that live near Springfield. At their family reunion a few weeks ago we commented that it was funny we had to drive two hours to see each other so we’ve started a semi regular dinner gathering. For some reason there’s a desire to get pins and funny hats …

Pineapple Whip Experiment 1

My first Pineapple Whip experiment went fairly well. Sarah thinks it might contain too much dairy, or too much fat in the dairy. It’s tasty, about the right consistency right from the ice cream freezer, and still quite good when frozen completely. The texture isn’t quite right out of the deep freeze and it is very unscoopable. I’ve moved it …

Long Rides

One thing I really like about biking is taking long rides. I haven’t done any in quite awhile, but today I pushed myself a bit further than I probably should have with the amount of riding I’ve been doing lately. Until today I’ve ridden about 35 miles a week on average for the past 3-4 weeks. This includes 8-10 mile …

Washington DC: 2 Amy’s Pizza

While we were in Washington we ate at 2 Amys Pizza. 2 Amys is one of the few DOC (Denominazione di Origine Controllata) pizza restaurants in the US. What does that mean exactly? It means that 2 Amys makes pizza that meets the exacting standards for producing authentic Neopolitan Pizza. This involves a specific recipe, wood burning ovens, etc. The …

Pineapple Whip

In Springfield there is a snack trailer with a hula girl dancing on the top of it. This trailer serves the best frozen dessert – Pineapple Whip. It’s sort of a pineapple, soft-serve ice cream. Our first year in Springfield it was very close to our house, last year it was only available at the fair, this year the trailer …

LUX Tableware

Kitchen Contraptions has a blurb about the LUX Tableware available from Unica Home. These look pretty nice for plastic tableware. It includes glasses, flatware, plates, bowls, etc. They’re more expensive than throway plastic dishes, but much more stylish. Not sure how it would be to eat with though. I especially like how the glasses can be held by the plate. …