little skillet

Binko and I had lunch at the coolest place in SOMA, Little Skillet.

I have been DYING for a real southern place to open up in SF for YEARS! Although Little Skillet's owners have the southern style BlueJay Cafe and Farmer Brown's. I think LS is much better.

The fried chicken was perfect and a great price, $7.99 for a box o chix, biscuits and a side of your choice.

I love the al fresco dining experience too!

two french styled macaroons

Kinako and Chocolate rum macaroons were on the menu yesterday. Macaroons are sorta easy but a bit of a pain to make. You gotta make sure your discs are evenly matched and thoroughly dry before putting them in the oven.

My chocolate rums were Parisian style and my kinakos were Nancy style.

When it was all done, they were a bit too crunchy, but I left them for a day to moisten and now they are perfect!

ici on a cold day

I really want to like this ice cream shop. It's cute and I LOVE their hand rolled, chocolate ladled, flaky, organic cones. I have tried about a dozen of their flavors, from weird to plain and the only one that was ever great was the caramel. It was seriously better than the salted caramel at Bi-Rite. But its rarely served. I got the crunchy peanut butter and the chocolate, the flavors were bland. I also tried the vanilla bean shortbread cookie. The flavor was great, but it was undercooked!

kaia's first walk

Kaia debut her first walk at Thanksgiving. I caught the second act, as I was surprised she was walking around in the first place!

gobble gobble

This year we celebrated Thanksgiving at the Godfathers'. I made turtle brownies and truffled butter turkey.

I ordered the Heritage Turkey from Marin Suns Farm. I gotta tell you, it was super moist and I didn't even baste it.

Jimmy and Greg made tons of great sides and a turkey as well.

We all had a great time. We love you Jimmy and Greg!

monday night chicken

I am loving this new chicken from Soul Food Farms. It's moist and full of lovely chicken flavor. I made it with butternut squash and leeks.

I tried a great brownie recipe from La Maison du Chocolat's cookbook. I love the texture of these brownies, because it's made from mostly almond meal than flour. I substituted the AP flour with whole wheat and they turned out yummers.

arkansas hootenanny

Kaia and I recently came back from a mother/daughter trip to Arkansas for my brother's wedding. I hadn't been back in four years and I was very excited to see my family.
I got Kaia ready for bed. She needed her rest for her big country trip.


When we got to my dad's, my stepmom brought out the new kitties. Kaia and her cousin, Drue were so excited to see mini cats!


Unfortunately, my camera ran out of batteries, so I didn't get a chance to take pictures of the wedding. Congrats Andy and Kelli on the nuptials and new house. Thanks Gray family for hanging out with your left coast girls.