September 2007 Archives

Many things a happening in HalfandHalf/Acorn news. Dave is gone, I had a crappy week, then got upset with employees, who then wrote a nice card to me to make me feel better. It almost made me cry. Dan is living out of his van and everyone seems scattered.

But on the positive:

Patrick made meatloaf this week and paired it with a peach chutney.
Also introduced homemade cinnamon rolls, chocolate pudding, butterscotch pudding and birthday cake at the Halfy. Well be roasting beef for next week.

Mmm. Mmm.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY ROBIN! On the 30th of August, Robin Rosenberg was born and the world of entertaining has never been the same. Case in point: the birthday celebration on the 1st which centered around a nacho cook-off/contest. Four categories - 1) Classic Nachos, 2) World-Beat Nachos (such as...chinese, italian, indian, etc...), 3) KrAzy Nachos (such as...breakfast, pizza, etc...), 4) Local, Seasonal and Sustainable Nachos. And at six o'clock, people started showing up and the game was on.

With beer and wine in the back-yard, the kitchen and laundry room became a staging area for all sorts of culinary Olympians. Some of the favorites presented were a popcorn and "hot-tamale" nacho, a Korean nacho with shrimp toast and sesame beef, a hand made tortilla and local products for the sustainable category, a southern style nacho with fried chicken and country gravy, and a desert nacho which looked exactly like real, traditional nachos. Also worth mentioning were a hot dog nacho, a reuben nacho and a nacho that spelled happy birthday Robin.

There are some flicker pics here.