Happy Hanukkah

I love latkes. Leon loves tempeh reubens. Ira loves watching the candles burn down.

Heylove likes to stay warm.

Where do you want to eat?

Leon's last burrito...until tomorrow.
Originally uploaded by riblet.

This question is enough to PARALYZE me with indecision. If I pick the wrong place, everyone is going to have a sucky meal. I can't be responsible for that!

If Leon suggests a place, it's always Vietnamese or Thai food. When I pick, it's always pizza or salads. Too often, we end up at Jimboy's because Ira always likes a good Jim-Jim meal.

I forgot where I read about this method, but I think it was over at Not Martha. When we are too hangry to stomach the pressure of picking a place to eat out at, we use this trick:

Person 1 picks five places they want to eat at.
Person 2 selects three of that five.
Person 1 then selects two of those three.
Person 2 then picks the final choice.

And that's the secret to our happy marriage.

Viral laryngitis got me down

Is it me, or is Ira looking a little like Kiedis in this picture?

Dude, I have laryngitis. I freaking can't talk above a whisper. This is insanely frustrating for so many reasons. First reason is having a precocious toddler. The other reasons are closely related.

When I get supremely bummed out, sometimes I find it comforting to binge-cook gourmet vittles. Here are a couple of pictures I took of two dishes, starring your favorite bitter (purple) green, radicchio.

This one is Catalan-Style Radicchio and White Beans from the
NYT via the Temporary Vegetarian Blog. It came out so delicious! The next day it was even better with cibatta and Parmesan shaved on top.




Then I did Gluten-Free Pumpkin Dumplings with Radicchio. This recipe came from NYT also, via their Well Blog. The dumplings were a crazy good match with the wilted and fresh radicchio.



Blerg.

Look at this face.

Me too?
Originally uploaded by riblet.

Look.

At.

This.

FACE.