I'm old now. I can wear black socks with shorts if I want. I can hike my pants up to my nipples, and dadgummit I can yell at those damn kids to GET OFF MY LAWN if I want. Yup, I'm 40. … [Read more...]
Smoked Mozzarella Ravioli at Elements
September 1, 2008 (Updated March 28, 2014) by
I don't generally do restaurant reviews, but I recently found out a friend of the family is running a restaurant in downtown Cleveland: Elements, on Euclid Avenue. (Math geeks will get the joke. The rest can Google for it.) So I stopped by for lunch and had the smoked mozzarella ravioli -- locally made at Ohio City Pasta -- with tomato gazpacho and basil pesto cream. It was as delicious as it sounds. I don't want to say too much until something is formalized, but I wasn't there just for … [Read more...]
Giant Mutant Zucchini
August 28, 2008 (Updated March 24, 2014) by
I mentioned yesterday the mutant zucchini that the bread was made from. I should have expected it after seeing the size of the plants. But this is just ridiculous. … [Read more...]
How To Make Zucchini Bread
August 27, 2008 (Updated March 24, 2014) by
I thought it was going to be hard to keep up with the tomatoes from Lou's garden. Somehow I managed to not think about what was going to come from those mutant zucchini plants. But they started producing anyway. So of course I asked the baker of the house to make some zucchini bread. … [Read more...]
Bruschetta Pizza
August 26, 2008 (Updated March 23, 2014) by
Look! Out on the buffet table ... it's bruschetta ... it's French bread pizza ... it's ... bruschetta pizza! Okay, I couldn't decide which one to call it, so it's both. … [Read more...]