The Yum Yum Factor

First of all, I have my new lap top so I can post again, with captions and photos and everything! So, this week was my first week back to work at Sublime, the catering company I have worked at for the last year or so. I took January off and that turned into taking February off and that sort of leaked over into March but here we are, mid March and I am back in the kitchen. After the first 9 hr day back ( I put 13km on my pedometer and never left the kitchen) and I came home and cried. My back was all seized up and I just wanted to curl up into a ball but I am happy to report, day two went much better and I even managed an afternoon event. Look at this tasty endive filled with roasted cauliflower/brussels sprouts, goat cheese vinaigrette and puffed wild rice Spicy Pork Ramen from Kinton on Baldwin I fit in a couple ramen stops, one at Kinton on Baldwin and another at Nakayoshi Izakaya on the Danforth. Ramen season is going to end soon, for me at least, so I need to cr...

the best coffee I had all week was at the exclusive and elusive Soho House Last weekend Shack was working and Hank and I just hung out, not doing very much. It's hard to get excited about doing fun stuff when it's -56999C outside with a windchill that makes it feel like -79954C. When it's just the kid and I, we eat fish because crazy Shack doesn't really like to eat fish. It was nothing fancy, just some nice, simple pan fried steelhead trout on Saturday and then Sunday we watched the Oscars and they had leftovers from the pizza Shack ordered on his way home from work the night before. Just like the beautiful stars on the red carpet who have consumed nothing but lemon water and air for the previous two weeks so they can be suitable dehydrated, slim and light headed for the Oscars, I chose to dine on popcorn and broken dreams and the wish that whatever "Dr" did that to Kim Novack's face should be executed.