Some things I ate in 2011

Pizza Party

Home made improvised weird asian noodle soup

I roasted this squash for squash millet muffins

I baked a lot of bread from this recipe

& I ate it with lots of butter and cured meats

The BEST lemonade

The most delicious rice porridge from our
fave Izakaya in Chicago(land). This had seafood
and a ball of roasted mochi on the bottom.

Apfel Strudel from the Österreichisches Bäkerei

A gifted palmier 

First baguette in France

One of many croissants and cafe cremes in Paris

Amazing markets in Paris

The most beautiful cafe for drinks,  food and food photos was found in Antwerp

Amazing markets in Antwerp

Hush puppies @ Lillie's Q

Overflowing bowls of soup

I made Maanchi's recipe for Emergency Kimchi 

It looks like a mess but this bowl of Samosa Chaat was SO GOOD

Canned coffee drink fail

BBQ @ Detroit's Eastern Market

Red Hen bread is Chicago's best Artisan bread company.
These were at the Oak Park farmers market where we went
specifically to eat these donuts.

I'm not a huge fan of pizza but I really loved this 'bar pizza' at
noted pizza place & dive bar Vito & Nick's.

There was a few weeks where I made a bunch of granola bars.

On our anniversary we went to the Morton Arboretum and then warmed ourselves with Pho afterwards.

I ate many avocadoes

This tomato butter changed my life 

I roasted lots of chiles for this stew

I made donuts for the first time. They weren't great.

Bibimbop 4ever

Kimchi jigae 4ever

Someone left out a plate of smarties the day after Holloween

Our no good bunny left a piece of carrot wedged between our couch cushions.

~ • TO MORE DELICIOUSNESS IN 2012 • ~

2011 in Photographs

I hope everyone had an amazing holiday season. Don't think me a nerd but I miss it already. Its what I look forward to every year and its so quickly over. I'm not quite ready to get back to work yet but hopefully this blog post will get me started a little.

Soon it will be time for my annual, super tedious gathering and arranging of my best photos from the past year and uploading a gallery to my websites (this one and this one). Editing is always a pain but its a nice look back at what happened since last new years. Here are some outtakes in film and digital in pretty much chronological order:



A pizza party






I made a bunch of simple terrariums.







Cute animals at the zoo

Birthday trip to Paris & Belgium 

I was never so sad to leave a place before.

 

Detroit

A short trip to upstate NY






Some nature walks took place

                         




Some hot summer days


                             

                             

                          



BF/GF & I did Renegade together





Bugged out plants





As it gets colder, the more Mei retreats into various blankets





We also drink so much tea




Happy 2012! Its going to be a big one for everyone. I can feel it.