Eggplant Parmesan

So, Alicia and I love to cook together. We would surely open a busniess together if we could settle on an idea/won the lottery. But until that happens (cause it will), we will cook and bake and drink wine while dreaming about it.

This is the second time we have labored at Eggplant Parmesan. It's a pain in the ass to make and the recipe is a pain in the ass to recreate. So, here is what was left of our lovely dinner. It was delicious.


We all love making these eggplant chips.




And dipping the chips in our tasty sauce. Yum.

Baby Beard

He says he's not cutting this thing until this baby comes. Baby beard or bust!

Just For Kicks

We were trying not to laugh sooooooooo hard. And for all you who know J, doesn't he look like a crazed killah? I mean, that's hilarious right?




we love.

Cornelius Chocolate Chip Cookie, UPDATE!

Andy Cornelius Chocolate Chip Cookie Recipe COMING SOON! Andy and Alicia live a few blocks down the street from us in ol' Butchertown. We frequently share meals and time with these two folks. And we love 'em soooo much that that we don't wanna leave this city.

Cookie Above. Andy Below.



Recipe:
(typed by Brooke from Andy's chicken scratch on wine soaked notebook paper)

In one Bowl:
2 cups of flour
3/4 tsp baking soda
1 tsp salt
1/2 cup pureed quick oats (in food processor)

In another Bowl:
3/4 cup brown sugar
3/4 sugar
2 eggs
1 1/2 sticks of room temp butter
1 tsp vanilla

Mix both bowls together, but don't over mix.
Add 1/2 semi-sweet chocolate bar, shaved
Add 1 bag whole foods semi-sweet chips
Add 1 cup chopped walnuts

Refrigerate for 30 minutes

Make a ball (larger than a golf ball, smaller than a lime) and place on a parchment paper covered cookie sheet

Bake @ 350 for 15-23 minutes

His always turn out better than mine :(

Lemon Plum

This is a lemon plum bought from Paul's Fruit Market in Louisville. I first had this tasty treat when Marc suggested it for breakfast last weekend at Taste . It is delicious. Taste's like a plum with a citrusy, lemony linger. Yum.

Cats and Dogs

This is Crash. He is called Bearius. The name Crash has expired. He is happier now.







This is Kennedy, our pup. Her "soul name", as Brynne called it, is Kenny-Benny-Boom Bah. I know it is ridicilous, but she responds positively to this name. Her ears perk and she comes running every damn time.

The Things We Do For Love

So my Mom and I happened to be in the same city this weekend. She was generous enough to take me shopping to buy the worst clothes in the feminine world - maternity clothes. It was reassuring to know that Mom hated being pregnant as much as I do. I mean, don't get me wrong, I love children. I want children. I was a nanny for years and years. But there is nothing wonderful about gaining 25lbs and growing a human in your body. It's fucking weird. And when it's all done growing, you have to work that sucker out of your body and hope you don't die or give up during the process. And I get all these young Mom's saying, "Don't you just love being pregnant? I just loved being pregnant." Well, I'm glad that we are all wired so differently that some ladies get their kicks out of this but I'm sticking with a big hell no, I really don't like it. Bring on July and bring it fast!

So, thank you Mom for keepin' it real and telling me that she hated growing me and my brother too. And thank you Mom for coaching me through the worst shopping spree of my life.