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Two days after turning 29, slightly hungover I decided to have some friends over to dinner. My brother and I room together and he decided to bring this girl he likes. My friend Rob joined as well as his friends Phil and Emily. Usually only a friend or two will show up so suddenly I’m cooking for six. The big question was what to cook. I decided Meatballs, tomato mozzarella, salad, cookies and at the last minute boiled some pasta.

I followed a recipe from http://allrecipe.com for the meatballs.

I messed up 4 and turned into meat sauce. The rest turned out great when I decided to bake them. The tomato mozzarella was just that with some basil, olive oil, salt and pepper.The salad was just greens, goat cheese, cranraisons and then I toasted pecans with honey and salt. Finally some chocolate chip cookies for dessert.

The dinner turned out nice. We all made plates and ate on the roof. Rob left a little early and Emily told me all about him. My brother and his date left after. Phil and Emily stayed and we chatted till 2 am. It was an awesome evening.

My friend Al requested a chocolate pecan pie for his birthday last week. So I made it for him. The recipe made two pies. The first was cut into during a Thursday night meeting then gobbled up at my office.

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My great grandmother’s recipe box. My great Aunt Joanie lent it to me so I could begin to scan recipes online. As I do so, I’m going to try the recipes and talk to family about how they remember the different foods.

This is just the beginning of this journey to learn more about my family and document it for generations to come. Continue reading

It was my friend Ivan’s bday on Sunday so I made him cupcakes. I found the magnolia bakery recipe online and so I tried it. Its very sweet so I made mini cupcakes.

All in all, it was a blast and I wish I have a photo of me covered in powdered sugar making the icing. Continue reading

At around 3 PM yesterday, I got an email from my building that a package from Amazon arrived for me. And I knew exactly what it was, an immersion blender. This mean I could finally make this soup recipe I’ve been dying to try. On my way home from a pretty busy day in the office,  I stopped at whole foods, picked up the ingredients and in 45 minutes I was sitting down, enjoying a nice bowl of garbanzo bean/tomato soup with plenty of left overs for lunch the following day.

I was so excited to try the new gadget, that for once, I cooked for me and it felt like a special meal. Continue reading