That sounds delightful, Laura (the menu and the company). I'll be hitting a bar and a restaurant with amyth and some mutual buds tonight.
I picked up a cookbook from a local Persian restaurant, which led to wandering around a Persian grocery for exotic (to me) ingredients like pomegranate syrup, saffron, and tahini. We'll see if I can turn these into food in my kitchen at some point.
Yum, Calli. I love trying new recipes.
Which cookbook did you get?
The Sage Restaurant cookbook. [link] It's something a local restaurant self-published. [link]
Cool. I'd recommend the Food of Life cookbook if you get further interested in Persian cuisine.
Mom gave us this tagine link for Christmas. It came with a teeny tiny recipe book, but I need to find a larger book on either Moroccan cuisine or a book specifically about using a tagine to cook.
Thanks, SuziQ. I adore Sage's osh, so that'll be my first thing to try.
I think house guests are done. The closet is constructed. Just needs painting, which I'll do on a warmer day when I can open windows for fresh air. Fridge has been leveled (it was a little off kilter, and closing rapidly on you. Most annoying). And the washer dryer leveled too. Now, it's time to relax. Which is good, my spoons were running low.
Laura, you are in most excellent company. And I envy the meal y'all are eating. YUM!
Laura's meal was amazing! We then went out for a couple of hours on their boat on the intercostal, which was also pretty fantastic. Laura and her family rock.
It is like a snow factory up in here! I can't even. Like, just trying to deal with snow as a reality is so weird. And it wasn't that long ago that I did so... probably I just hated it so much, that having to do so now bugs?
Man, I drank a bunch of beer though.
This trip is weird but I don't know if processing will ever occur. Can't wait to be home again (though I'm doing OK on the trip, not miserable or anything.)