What is a Kraken?
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It is so quiet, the torrential rains pounding the roof all day have finally stopped. I’m afraid to check my driveway, the gravel is probably in the Pacific.
Spaghetti for dinner. Italian sausage, onion, garlic, splash of red wine, jarred marinara sauce, roasted cherry tomatoes, parm, basil. Toasted baguette. Little gem, orange bell, radish, green onion salad, caesar dressing. There was a Manhattan and wine.
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Sports team
I know, but what is a Kraken. Never mind, I googled, it is a sea monster.
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Yep. Usually a giant octopus.
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We enjoyed another outstanding dinner at Drew’s in Keyport, NJ, including Cajun surf and turf with NY strip steak and Cajun shrimp; Cajun shrimp and grits; fig and gorgonzola toast; muffuletta salad with nduja and burrata; boudin spring rolls; escargot; It all went great with an excellent cabernet and Chateauneuf Du Pape.
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A pretty good rum and a pretty bad hockey team. 
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We had chicken and sausage gumbo. It’s one of my partner’s favourites and considering it’s been incredibly rainy and foggy all Autumn, this was a lovely bowl of comfort. I do mine with green beans rather than okra, okra is hard to find here and I don’t think my partner would like it nearly as much either so it’s non traditional definitely but delicious nonetheless.
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Gorgeous meal! I recently ran across that website myself (Hot Thai Kitchen) and have been having fun exploring. I like the way she explains ingredients and offers substitutions. So encouraging to me.
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Unexpected bonus round of summer produce, thanks to corn and tomatoes harvested by the CSA before a hard frost hit this week. Made a vibrant sauce for eggplant and mozzarella ravioli from Valicenti Pasta Farm (local product).
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I love her site! Her most recent recipe is a copycat for Thai KFC style wings that is now on my list of things to make. Her YouTube channel is great, too!
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That’s sum pretty nice food porn.
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My favorite kind of porn 
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Oh Rats! Best wishes for getting over this, again! Take care of yourself!
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We had a nice out and about this morning, including some outstanding Greek food.
So dinner tonight was a bowl of organic barley and vegatable soup we get from Costco and some saltine crackers. And a glass of wine. DH had Cheerios and bananas. Both hit the spot~
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A classic meal: meatloaf made with 1-1/4 lbs of ground 80/20 beef and 1/2 lb of ground turkey, a beaten egg, Worcestershire sauce, dried thyme and parsley, s/p, and Panko crumbs. Baked at 350° with Plum Ketchup on top.
Super sour creamy mashed potatoes and buttered peas.
Wine.
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I adapted the Hayashi Stew from the Morimoto cookbook to my slow cooker (way less posh - supermarket choice chuck in place of the Wagyu and the remnants of a Bota Box Pinot Noir for the wine, More Than Gourmet brown stock and chicken demi in place of the Shanton and chicken stocks…ok, I guess I basically made my own beef stew at this point ). I wanted to get a make ahead dinner put together before I went out (finally!) for my COVID booster. We had it with baked potatoes stuffed with Jarlsberg, scallions, and garlic and some roasted carrots. There is enough beef and potatoes for leftovers tomorrow. Later in the week, I am going to get some mushrooms and have the last of the gravy with those and some noodles (maybe with sour cream).
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Gorgeous tree! A feast for the eyes!! 
A Japanese Maple???
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