Saturday, October 4, 2008

New Cookbook!!!

After a trip to purchase my dress for an upcoming formal party, Mark and I ventured to Williams Sonoma for some browsing. They had wonderful apple cider that got me in the mood for fall. While we were there we picked up a new cookbook to add some quick weekly ideas to our current menu. We had our first dish of Pasta with prosciutto and peas and I am impressed. Its a Martha Stewart book which I happen to like. In college I was called Martha Stewart for my cooking and decorating skills. I am not sure if I should have taken offense, but her cooking and decorating are good so I am not complaining.

The dish looks quite simple, but its divine. The mix of the beautiful prosciutto from Angelina's at Findley Market, and the crisp peas was wonderful. I have a feeling we will be making this more in the near future.

Lacking in time to post!!!

So we have been busy and I havent had much time to post. I love the change in season, but I feel like I have to get outside as much as possible and enjoy the weather.
As a little update, I am back in a cast. Its making life very difficult (and making the calories from Mark's wonderful food harder to burn), but I am excited that I am almost out. For those of you who dont know I have been fighting a horrible ankle break and a torn joint since January. I decided that it was a great idea to play Broomball on Fountain Square with my collegues and my body reminded me that I was not a young pup anymore. Needless to say after 5 months in a cast and rehab and a summer worth of small nagging pain, I ended up back in the cast with a torn tendon that would not heal. Thanks to the folks at Wellington, I will soon be back to normal.
Back to the food. We are switching to the fall dishes, which means I get to drink more wine. I love wine, but tend to prefer reds over a white on any given day. In the past two weeks I have consumed a total of 7 bottles of wine (and a lot of beer). Wow, that is quite a bit. I can say that I love a good bottle of wine, and love the Wine Merchant in Hyde Park and City Cellars downtown for their WONDERFUL suggestions on wine. They never steer me wrong.
I promise to post more about the food on weekly basis and start labeling the dishes that we are working on. If you ever need a suggestion or want a recipe, send me an email. I would love to share.

for now...

kel