Tuesday, January 18, 2011

"Eight Taco" Elizabeth







This post is completely dedicated to my friend Elizabeth and her amazing eating accomplishment. On January 10th, she took part in District Taco's taco eating competition. She beat out a seven taco eating male and tied with two other taco eating compadres. I could not be prouder. Then she asked if we could go to Thirsty Bernie's to celebrate. PROUDER!!

Saturday, January 8, 2011

Forgotten for a while, but this Foodie is back






Many apologies for my blogging negligence. It seems that between grad school, work, and trying to solve the Rubik's cube that is my foot, I have not posted in a very very long time. I cannot atone for all of my blogging sins, but I can give you a peek into my recent foodie adventures.

In December, after four days of working through the most strenuous final EVER (NO JOKE), I turned that sucker in on the 15th and went out to CELEBRATE!! In true foodie fashion, a few of my friends and I went out for pizza at Pupatella. We split a vegetarian arancini (aka a fried rice ball of deliciousness), a prosciutto pizza, and a goat cheese, spinach veggie pizza. I liked the prosciutto pizza pretty well, but I think everyone agreed that the veggie pizza beat its meaty counterpart. Back at my friend's roost, we made some super tasty and masterfully decorated gingerbread cookies. We broke open a little wine too....

This week, I also threw the first TND of the year. I'd been hankering to roast up a chicken. And when I roast up a chicken, I like to do it right. So, I
made the "ultimate roast chicken" surrounded by mushrooms and covered in bacon. That's right, BACON!!! I also candied some pecans and fixed up some elegant gorgonzola pear crostini (Sandra Lee's recipe..who knew?!).

Not to be outdone, my friends appeared with a roasted root vegetable mix (oh la la) and a delectable temptress of an almond bundt cake (she played hard to get in her pan). Needless to say, I loved all the food, but I liked catching up with everyone even more ( ; Thanks to all for a fantastic time, and a giant thanks to the bundt baker. Those leftovers were killer!!

Bonus pic- On December 22nd, my fabulous hs friend and spent a wonderful day catching up. For dinner, we hit up an old favorite Artie's for the best bread basket this side of NOVA, their ever-dependable entrees, and THIS dessert. *DROOOL*