Entries Tagged as 'FRET'

bison – it’s what’s for dinner (aka FRET 10)

January 9th, 2009 · 785 Comments

i present, a well grilled strip of grass-fed bison on a bed of steamed spinach with a sauté of caramelized red onions, golden raisins, granny smith apple and a splash of sherry vinegar. my version of a decadent dinner for the current ’09 regime… because, here’s the deal. ’08 was quite the interesting and wonderful food odyssey. […]

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FRET 9 … plus mint stracciatella

June 9th, 2008 · 1,706 Comments

(if i’m going to whine, ice cream is the very least i can offer…) dear readers…  ceF is 2 days shy of turning one year old and well, i must tell you that as much fun as this is, in the short time that we’ve known each other i have recklessly and pitifully packed on some serious poundage. i have tried to be […]

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Tags: chocolate · FRET · ice cream

FRET 8

March 5th, 2008 · 14,269 Comments

(photo by gravityx9) look, no one likes a whiner… and especially when what they’re whining about is totally self induced. so i’ll just keep this short and fat. whoa! did i just say that? a freudian slip of the overactive tongue? hey, speaking of tongues, when i come back in another life – i definitely […]

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FRET 7 or ‘my post thanksgiving blues post’

November 23rd, 2007 · 10 Comments

first of all, let me get this out of the way.� nablopomo?� just nablowme, ok?� phew. now that’s crossed off my list. our friends just built an amazing home that’s not quite finished – but close.� the kitchen and bathrooms are fully operational so they brought over all their outdoor furniture and we dined bistro […]

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FRET 6

November 5th, 2007 · 14 Comments

…and the other reason i hate halloween is that when your boyfriend’s kid comes over for the entire weekend and brings her entire huge bag of candy with her, you eat entirely way too much milk chocolate – which isn’t even your thing.� and then you�wake up on sunday morning feeling and looking like hell […]

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FRET 5

October 5th, 2007 · 9 Comments

(lardo di colonnata from tuscany) i try to keep these FRET’s to a minimum but the truth is that if you knew how much of my life this fretting thing�consumes you’d probably find me to be kinda screwed up�and possibly wouldn’t like me anymore.� assuming of course, you ever liked me at all. i’m one […]

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Tags: FRET · not food

FRET 4

September 14th, 2007 · 779 Comments

i try not to fret. but i do and it’s a long list why – some of which is ridiculously unfounded, some i’m sure comes from deeply ingrained childhood stuff (got an hour?) and some is just a part of living on this earth and being human. and well, obviously not a very good buddhist. […]

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Tags: FRET · not food