Month: June 2013
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Lately
I’m behind on sharing my iPhone photos! Here are a few: One of my coworkers went to Ikea and brought back these crackers and a tube of smoked roe. We all dutifully tasted it and all wished we hadn’t. Guys. This is my new favorite thing. My friend Nat brought a Kinder Happy Hippo for…
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Pork and Pink
Last night I cooked dinner for the first time in forever. It was lovely to be back in the kitchen with my trusty sous chef, a gin cocktail, and great music. We really loved these Vietnamese pork chops, and the Shirazi salad was so fresh and fantastic. Yay summer! It’s been a long time since…
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Lately
This week our Chef de Cuisine, Anthony, left us to go back to his hometown of NYC. I miss him already. Incidentally, this is what happens when you take one too many photos of a chef at work. One benefit of working in a restaurant is this: every now and then (rarely, unfortunately), there is…
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Hooray!
Errbody! I was so excited today to see this lovely review of my second book in the Austin Chronicle food issue! I didn’t even know it would be featured, and there it is just makin’ me proud. I was giddy and giggly for quite some time this morning. I have lots of other news, I’m…
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Things I’ve been doing
I’m trying to catch up with life. I just started a full-time job, and it’s very different for me! I’m used to working here and there on different projects. Now I am the full-time Director of Operations (or, as we like to say in-house, Chief of Stuff) for Foreign & Domestic. Hooray! It’s pretty awesome…