Monday, June 13, 2005

Only together are we unstoppable...

The end of an era is coming...

Pretty soon I'll be done at the Grill, and off to explore new and better opportunities. I'm looking forward to a lot of things I guess...

Making Demi Glace in a new kitchen.
Eating pizza at Uno.
Coffee at Sitwells.
Wine an Foie Gras in front of my own fire place...

So much food, so little time...

A while back, my New Years resolution was to "rediscover my love of food". No, seriously... Some of my best food-related memories have been muddied by working in corporate chains and dealing with psychotic people. I miss the days of going to Cosmo's when Scott and Heather owned it, or that time Troy and I went to Murray's Deli on Mackinac Island. I miss pizza at Carly Cheenas (R.I.P.) or sitting on the dark side of Dominic's with a Cigar listening to "That's Life" by Frank Sinatra. So much has changed about this part of the world, that there isn't much left to appreciate.

I will miss being close to Ann Arbor, as I will always love Cafe Felix and The Jerusalem Garden.

I guess I'll miss Cleveland a little. No more day-trips to Little Italy, but Corbo's WILL ship their Lemon Biscotti anywhere in the nation. So I've got that going for me...

I've got a lot of great ideas for dinner this week. For one, I'm going to do some Cayenne rubbed Rib Eyes with spicy string beans. Another idea for later on is Grilled Chicken Breasts with Balsamic Butter, paired with Grilled Leek and Asparagus.

I still have Prosciutto and Sopprasata in the fridge, so I need to make some sandwiches. But then I'll also have to make some Saffron Garlic Mayo... Details, you know?

I'm listening to a lot of Air Cuba this week in addition to The Dirtchamber Sessions and the GO soundtrack. Good Grooving = Good Cooking.

1 comment:

Kristy said...

Far be it for me to get all sappified on a food blog, but it really seems like an end of an era with you and Kerrie going to cinci, Tom and I in Chicago, Steve and Jamie in Ft. Collins, Baxter and Katie in San Fran, Jeb and Kristen in... Toledo. While I don't miss the food in BG, I do really miss all of your guys. You and Kerrie have been really good friends and I hope that we can still get together from time to time. You have an open invitation to our home in Chicago, which is not always full of hippies demonstrating outside of the train station. I wish the best for you both and hope that your move to Cinci was as wonderfully life impacting as my move to Chicago.