Gilding the Lily since 2006
Tonight I made some awesome (though somewhat unbefitting a cold, wet December evening) banh hoi bo lan lop (Vietnamese grilled beef lettuce wraps) for dinner. These fit nicely into my diet menu, with only 280 calories for 5 rolls’ worth of meat, lettuce, fresh cilantro, …
Wow, what a whirlwind. We got home Sunday morning at around 9:00am, and since we’d been tying one on while enduring the 10 hour flight, we saw fit to keep drinking until we fell asleep (oh, don’t look at me like that – it was …
Scott and I are in Tokyo celebrating our first anniversary. We got here Friday night (Saturday afternoon Tokyo time), and we’ve already managed to see some pretty cool shit. And our lungs are starting to get used to the heavy air. Here’s the morning view …
Wow, I am so excited to enter the world of Paper Chef! (link at Tomatilla! on my sidebar). This friendly little competition among food bloggers is just the type of thing to get me through the busy harvest season and the damp winter that follows. …