Tag: sword and sorcery

From The Kitchen, From the Bar and a movie – Grilled chicken, shandies and Jack the Giant Slayer

This weekend, it being a little cooler than last, we decided to grill.  I pulled out a recipe from my latest issue of Saveur Magazine, Gai Yahng or Thai style chicken with sweet chili sauce.  It is basically a cilantro and garlic marinade for chicken, which you then grill.  I find gas grills to be … Continue reading From The Kitchen, From the Bar and a movie – Grilled chicken, shandies and Jack the Giant Slayer →

What the Boss Likes – Dungeons and Dragons….and Pat Robertson making a fool of himself again

 Good ol’ Pat is beating the drum about Dungeons and Dragons again and how this game has “literally destroyed people’s lives”.   Ah, Pat, we can always count on you for a good lie for Jesus! I’m sure that Pat is feverishly pawing at his Chick tracts (absolutely ludicrous Christian tracts that tell a number of … Continue reading What the Boss Likes – Dungeons and Dragons….and Pat Robertson making a fool of himself again →

From the Kitchen – Three classics and kibitzing about movies and TV

This weekend we stuck around the house.  Husband was on call and couldn’t do much.  Not even play his new Starcraft game. Now free from the beeper, he’s happily being a Zerg.  I cooked and we watched some shows from the premium cable channels and some favorite movies to kill time.  I’ll have to say … Continue reading From the Kitchen – Three classics and kibitzing about movies and TV →

From the Bar – Clos LaChance 2009 Chardonnay (Santa Cruz Mountains)

We don’t go out much, my husband and I.  We’re generally happy to get wine, beer, groceries and settle in for a quiet weekend.  This weekend was lovely, gorgeous weather, and thanks to work being the emotion-draining experience it is, I had no energy to actually go out and enjoy it.  So we drank and … Continue reading From the Bar – Clos LaChance 2009 Chardonnay (Santa Cruz Mountains) →