Farfalle with roasted cauliflower (at high heat in the oven to get a nice golden/brown surface), walnuts, parmesan and a garlic sauce (made by roasting two garlic heads at high heat in the oven and mixing it afterwards with olive oil and lemon juice)
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You’ll be keeping away any vampires! 
(Yes, I know it mellows in the oven…)
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Same. I read in bed until 1 a.m. and woke up at 6 a.m. 
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I slept 8:30 p.m.-12:30 a.m. and never fell back asleep but for maybe 5:30-6:30 a.m.
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Another fabulous, hugely celebratory xmas meal: the last of the crab ravioli from Adli with a sauce I threw together - sautéed half an onion, splash of vinho, RPF, BTB lobster base, 1.5 cups of water (that would be .5 cup too much), crème fraîche that immediately started to curdle when i put it in, then had to fish out again, heavy cream instead, tarrgon, a tiny shake of leftover parm.
Soupy. Salty. Creamy. Crabby. It was fine 
We’re still recovering, so we really didn’t give much of AF.
The Bayley Hazen Blue (not the Stichelton I thought we got) and the Whitney Dolcetto made for a nice cheese course, however, along with fig preserves and a muscadine chutney I was gifted by my Secret Santa 
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Sounds great to me! Big fan of the Bayley Hazen Blue, too.
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It was nice to be able to taste it after a week of nothingmouth
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I had Covid last Christmas and lost my sense of smell and taste for awhile. We dug into our freezer and baked a turkey potpie. I still remember my first bite, the sensation of chewing cardboard - I spit it out. I’m grateful that I recovered both of those senses. Glad you are feeling better and enjoying food.
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We had covid in January - thankfully a fairly mild case with a day of fever & 2 weeks of fatigue and mild congestion. No loss of smell or taste, at least not more so than any other random cold.
I have more gigs on Thursday and Saturday & sincerely hope to be ready for that. 
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Me too, I read until 5:30, woke up at 9:00. What’s up with that?
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A bowl of carnitas and frijoles charros, topped with Mexican crema, shredded cheese, chiltepin hot sauce and some avocado salsa.
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Too much excitement and/or booze is my guess. Also the falling asleep early killed any sleep pressure.
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Must have been something good!
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Yep - but there is never too much garlic
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Late lunch/early dinner - Goan Dalicha Ras (Spicy Turmeric Dal with Sichuan Pepper). Getting one more meal for one in before BF returns. I still need to write this up for the October 2022 COTM, Thali. This was a lovely dish that is just coco-nutty enough, but also spicy and tangy (tamarind). The Sichuan peppercorns are a nice, floral background note. I also finished up the last of the dry fried string beans from yesterday’s take out.
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Our first foray out of the house (!) since last week Wednesday took us to Aldi where I was hoping to score one of their reduced beef tenderloins, but no dice.
Instead, I grabbed thinly sliced chicken breasts & broccoli for our dinner tonight: chicken piccata with steamed broc & lemony hollandaise. The chicken breasts weren’t the greatest great quality, but it was tasty nonetheless. A good sauce can save almost anything.
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Glad you’re up and about. I love everything on that plate!
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