A day off

First day off in quite a while. Work has kept me busy but honestly... it's happily so. It hasn't kept me out of the kitchen entirely, but I've been a bit distracted from pics. I've also been still stuck on anything comforting (especially the carb realm) since I've been working so much. I've made lasagna from scratch...even down to the pasta. Gave a shot at french baguettes recently and they actually came out tasting right, but man were they ugly. That's all my fault. Next time I have to pay attention more to how I'm rolling them out. I also used a combo recipe of Julia Child's mixed with Mayle's "Confessions of a Baker". Next time I'm just sticking with Julia's.



Here's the shitake, saged beef lasagna. Everyone that had it really loved it. I had no idea how much a difference just making the pasta would change the whole experience.





Today for my day off treat, I popped by Marlowe and Daughter's and they have cod. (It's kind of funny that my thing used to be running to the art store for more printing inks and now I'm happiest stopping by Marlowe's.) I have always loved the cod Diner has used so couldn't pass it up. Also picked up some house cured Tasso ham which ended up making the perfect combo. Oh and the tomato, eggplant and herbs are all from the backyard.