turkextravaganza

One of our two 18 lb turkeys from Thanksgiving. This one was brined vegetable broth, ginger, salt, pepper, maybe something else. The first time it sat in the brine, most of the 2 gallons of it spilled all over my apartment floor. The other one was brined in Guinness. Luckily, that one didn't spill.

Plate of glory: mac and cheese, mashed potatoes, yams, green beans, beets, other things, turkey obviously somewhere under all the other food. So many people, so much food, I don't think I even tried everything.

One of the 2 kinds of stuffing. I think this one was the apple pecan. The other was artichoke parmesean.

Then we lived off of turkey leftovers for the rest of the semester

Turkey curry and stuffing patties

turkey tacos

Turkey soup and quesadillas

NEW

Hey I am back. Don't cry. I've been really obsessed with grocery shopping.

Just a few of the many burgers I've eaten this semester. God bless America

Made some Bahn Mi with Neal.

Seared salmon in a lemon garlic sauce with lots of avocados and orzo

Garlic chicken sausage and some sauce I made (no jar!) with bacon

My roommate this year is a really good at baking and can make anything. I suggested putting bacon in cinnamon rolls and she made it happen. Layer of brown sugar, toasted walnuts, bacon, caramel sauce. Then there was a chocolate sauce that got drizzled on top of the baked rolls.

YEAH

She also made this kiwi tart

Some pals brought this to my studio. Pulled pork, mashed potatoes, baked beans

sorry sorry be back soon

from whistler

mint lamb + roasted cauliflower + mashed potatoes

from the summer

This is something I made when I was at home. It's chicken with a glaze made with honey, get this...strawberry jam, and dijon mustard. I would have used raspberry jam but I didn't have any. It's super easy, you just mix it, glaze it and cook it and keep slapping it on. And that's some spinach and caramelized onions but sans whatever dressing went on it and some roasted potatoes that could have been better, but overall, I thought it was good.

trashy

I really like trashy food, and I mostly only share that with a few people because a lot of the things I would like to eat all the time are really embarrassing. But I am not ashamed of what I did today. I've been feeling terrible every time I eat lately so I've only been eating leafy vegetables and today I finally felt normal so I decided to mess with my stomach and put a lot of cheese and carbs into my body. So this is what happened:


A mac and cheese grilled cheese sandwich. This picture isn't of my sandwich and it isn't my picture. I found it on google images because I thought visuals would be nice. Even though it looks gross. I immediately felt terrible after I ate it, but at least it was on multi-grain bread. I have to go back to eating leafy greens after that.

da due ciccioni

During my last week in Rome, I went to this restaurant called Da | Due Ciccioni (Two Fat Men), which is not really a real restaurant but a sort of hole in the wall on some little street in Trastevere. Apparently there is a stove right in the middle of the restaurant, but I ate outside so I never got to see it. Plus there is a dog. There's no menus and you pay 25 euros then the fat man (the other one died...) brings you whatever he's cookin that day. You can choose the type of pasta and the type of meat, I think. It's a lot of food, wine, limoncello and grappa (if you're into grappa and limoncello, I guess). I wore wet laundry because my damp laundry was the one clean thing I had that wouldn't squish my stomach

I still don't really know what this was. It was like carroty potatoes? I have no idea. It was wonderful though.

Bruschetta con pomodori

Beans

Caccio e pepe (pecorino romano and pepper)

Pancetta and cheese, I think

You can figure this one out

Chicken in some balsamic-y sauce, if I remember it correctly. I just know that it was good.

Now that I've been home for a while and had my cheddar cheese, tacos, hamburgers, sushi, and breakfast, I miss Rome so so much. EVERYTHING!!! Spicy Panella cheese, the sweaty, squishy #64 bus to Termini, dumb cobblestones, gelato and pizza for breakfast and lunch. It makes me want to throw up when I think about it. You know what I mean?