Thomas Keller, (the owner and chef of The French Laundry, Per Se, Bouchon, etc.) has a theory that your palate gets tired of flavors after a couple of bites which is why each course at French Laundry is approximately 2 to 3 bites but . . . I have to disagree.
If that were the case, why would I be about to pull a goldfish and eat myself to death with this amazing chicken curry that I made tonight? The chicken curry is very good but I made this green onion/cilantro/jalapeno garnish that I sprinkled over the top after plating and . . . oh . . . my . . . god.
I'm on my second bowl, even H ate seconds and he tolerates curry but isn't a huge fan.
I love it when I invent something and it comes out exactly how I wanted it to taste.
This is a keeper but dangerous.
Saturday, September 05, 2009
Happy Labor Day
I love Labor Day weekend for two reasons:
1) It means my favorite season is on the way -- Fall; and
2) The Best-of-the-West rib festival in Reno means I can get even my fill of ribs and . . . I love ribs.
Hope you all have a good one.
1) It means my favorite season is on the way -- Fall; and
2) The Best-of-the-West rib festival in Reno means I can get even my fill of ribs and . . . I love ribs.
Hope you all have a good one.
Tuesday, September 01, 2009
September 1, 2009
Black jeans. Yellow textured v-neck t-shirt. Yellow button shirt over it. Black sandals. Silver textured hoop earrings. No necklace.
Work is stressing me out in some ways. The project from hell that continues on, unfinished, is about to drive me mad. I'm not sure why that group is having such a hard time getting it done. I know part of the problem is that the main guy won't let go of stuff and he has a very hard time completing things. Not because he doesn't finish but because he will keep nitpicking and nitpicking and never feel that it's done enough to release.
I had another come-to-jesus meeting with them and had to spring on them that I am contemplating pulling the plug and abandoning the project and going in a different direction. That stunned them pretty hard. But it's either that or . . . not sure what. They're officially five months past due on this and now say they need another couple of months which, pisses me off because they were told it had to be done by 8/31.
I told them that I no longer had faith that they will hit a deadline since we're so far past due and that it doesn't seem that they took the end of the month deadline seriously and that unless they convinced me that this request for more time was different than all the others, I didn't feel I could back them and go to my bosses and ask for more time. So, not sure what I'm going to do.
It's so frustrating I can't stand it.
Work is stressing me out in some ways. The project from hell that continues on, unfinished, is about to drive me mad. I'm not sure why that group is having such a hard time getting it done. I know part of the problem is that the main guy won't let go of stuff and he has a very hard time completing things. Not because he doesn't finish but because he will keep nitpicking and nitpicking and never feel that it's done enough to release.
I had another come-to-jesus meeting with them and had to spring on them that I am contemplating pulling the plug and abandoning the project and going in a different direction. That stunned them pretty hard. But it's either that or . . . not sure what. They're officially five months past due on this and now say they need another couple of months which, pisses me off because they were told it had to be done by 8/31.
I told them that I no longer had faith that they will hit a deadline since we're so far past due and that it doesn't seem that they took the end of the month deadline seriously and that unless they convinced me that this request for more time was different than all the others, I didn't feel I could back them and go to my bosses and ask for more time. So, not sure what I'm going to do.
It's so frustrating I can't stand it.
Monday, August 31, 2009
August 31, 2009
Blue jeans. Brown v-neck sweater (smooth, not the brown cable sweater from the other day). White v-neck t-shirt underneath (textured, different from the other day). Silver hoop earrings. Silver opal necklace. Merrells.
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