To some the most wonderful time of the year is Christmas, I mean they wrote a song about it being just that. And though I do love me some Christmas, nothing is better than October, my favorite month of the year. Hockey season officially starts. It is the one moment that no matter how good your team or bad(going through a "rebuilding" year) you have a small glimmer of hope that your team will win the Stanley Cup. For years, no one paid attention to my team, there were a lot of rebuilding years, but as of late they have come on strong. The slate is clean. The trades have been made and all you have is hope. Now some may scoff at the idea that I refer to the Calgary Flames as my team. No, I do not play for them, and no I do not work for them(though my wedding was blessed by them...I have it on paper). Many people pick on others when they say "we won or we lost" and so on. But without the fans, there would be no team. If no one comes to see the team or buys the merchandise than … [Read more...]
Paper Chef #19
Well I thought that I would give this a try even though I am a paper chef virgin. I have to admit this one was particulary hard since I don't like ground corriander, bit I do love corn and pine nuts. It was also hard because of the wild card. I chose Dominion Day. When I was younger my mother never bothered much with Dominion Day because it falls the day before my birthday. She was always busy planning parties for it and making cupcakes and such. So she liked to make us soup because she could fix it and forget about it. We never had corn soup I must admit, we usually had Navy Bean or Split Pea...something that could sit around awhile. This was quite an interesting adventure and I think it turned out lovely...but I am biased. Corn and Walla Walla Onion Soup with Corriander Pesto Crouton 2 cups corn, off the cob 2 Tablespoons unsalted butter 1/2 cup Walla Walla Onions 1 teaspoon garlic, minced 1 quart chicken stock 1 cup heavy cream 1/2 tsp ground corriander 3/4 cup white … [Read more...]
