Monthly Archives: September 2013

Lucky Cigarette

Music

Here’s a (semi) new track that I’ve been working on over the past few weeks.  I hope to extend the instrumental break in the middle with the help of some real instrumentalists. I wanted to leave it at a good, listenable, stopping point until then.

Lobster Two Ways

Cooking

It recently came to my attention that the market price of lobster is at an all time low.  As a result, I decided to go a little nuts this weekend.  The result: the most expensive meal I’ve ever prepared in my life.

Boiled Lobster with Fresh Greens

Boiled Lobster with Fresh Greens

  • Fresh Lobster
  • Mustard Greens
  • Olive Oil
  • Red Wine Vinegar
  • Garlic
  • Nutmeg
  • Black Pepper

Truffled Lobster with Orzo

Truffled Lobster with Orzo

  • Fresh Lobster
  • Orzo
  • Seafood Stock
  • Butter
  • Black Truffle
  • Fennel Seed
  • Sweet Basil

An Endless Verse for a Vanilla Blonde

Music

Here’s a brand new song that I’ve been working on over the past few weeks.  I’ve passed it off to the exceptionally talented Giancarlo de la Cruz so he can work his engineering magic while I take a much needed break from it.  In the meantime, here’s where I’ve taken it thusfar.

Valentine’s Day

Music,

My small friend Walter recently pointed out that this blog is currently dominated by cooking.  I patiently explained to him that we, as human beings, generally eat three times a day, thus the prolific and lopsided nature of my cooking posts.

All that said, I definitely agree with the sentiment that the “many interests” aspect of this blog is currently a little on the one dimensional side.  To remedy this, I’ll be supplementing my new music with some old songs from my back catalog.  To start things off, here’s a song I wrote for Jessica quite a few years ago.  I guess you could say that it was the song that started it all.