Year: 2006

A New Birthday Tradition For the last two years, we've started the tradition where jwa cooks me dinner for my birthday. Previously, we'd spend a long weekend in Gearhart and eat my birthday dinner at the Pacific Way Cafe but it seems lately work and other things have interfered with that version of my birthday …

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Well, now that I can actually think about falafel (the tasty Middle Eastern chick pea snack) without shuddering or laughing, it sounded like a good pick for dinner. I really like falafel. I used to get it on the Stanford campus for lunch sometimes (at a place by the coffeehouse) and it brings back memories …

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Leftover cookies from the dinner -- they are gone now! So, last Wednesday was the day I made 34 cookies. I followed the basic cookie recipe here, but used 3/4 bittersweet chocolate chips (Ghirardelli 70% bittersweet) and 1/4 white chocolate chips (just for fun). After baking them I let them cool for a few hours …

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Okay, so for this dinner for 26+ people, I took it a little easy on the starters. Little skewers with mozzarella balls and cherry tomatoes, crostini with a white bean and sage dip and olives. See, easy. The skewers were simply marinated mozzarella balls from Trader Joes and cherry tomatoes. I also experimented with putting …

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