Autumn and Apologies

It's already November...the third to be exact. Time flies, but I find as I get older that it doesn't restrict its 'flying' to when I'm having fun. It just flies...all the time...

Hence the sporadic 'clogging'. I've been cooking,alot, made some wonderful stuff. Rich, creamy Beef Stroganoff, crab stuffed puffed pastry appetizers, finally nailed my Bleu Cheese Mousse I had attempted in the salad days of the Snacking Chef Clog. I created a fantastic thyme/onion/lemon sauce from inspiration for a delicious piece of steelhead trout which is the fish I'm having the most fun with right now.... and just generally having a blast in the kitchen, but haven't really had the time for the photographing or the re-hashing. Between work and kids and extracurriculars, recording and posting about culinary adventures tends to take a back seat to being present for the actual experience of them. My apologies for being so lax.

BUT, as Autumn struggles to make it's presence felt in Southern California (temps in the low 80's do not a Fall Season make) the Snacking Chef Kitchen gears up for The Holidays and all the glorious food. I was thinking this year of doing a whole roast duck for Christmas a la "The Christmas Story" ...



and whacking off its head with a mighty cleaver after the grand presentation. I think that would be memorable.

Don't you?

Autumnally,

Leah

Food Words Addendum: I received, as a wedding gift, the cookbook Charlie Palmer's Practical Guide to the New American Kitchen. Good good stuff, delicious recipes and incredibly handy. As a bonus, the book is bound with this handy-dandy Durabook technology, the pages are waterproof and highly durable. ALL cookbooks should be made of this stuff. Although a friend did comment that she kind of likes the splatters on all her cookbooks, kind of like war wounds...she has a point.

Charlie Palmer's Practical Guide to the New American Kitchen on Amazon.com