http://jennarator.org Baker. Crafter. Carnivore. High Kicker. Wed, 28 Jul 2010 17:45:14 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en [caption id="attachment_458" align="alignnone" width="499" caption="fish"][/caption] Last night Ralph and I went to fish for their Maine Event, a seven course meal featuring fare from Maine in each dish.  Each course was served with an Allagash beer (also from Maine).  There was not one bite that wasn't outrageously delicious.  The first dish ... http://jennarator.org/2010/07/28/maine-event-at-fish-or-how-many-sea-critters-can-i-eat/ There are a ridiculous amount of peppers in the garden right now; jalapenos, cubanelles, bananas and a pepper so devilishly hot that a brief touch to my tongue sent my face on fire.  With the excess of peppers, I though it might be wise to pickle some and save up ... http://jennarator.org/2010/07/22/picklin/ Another reason not to be a pear-shaped loser: they are dumber in both shape and mind.  http://consumer.healthday.com/Article.asp?AID=641116 http://jennarator.org/2010/07/15/apples-vs-pears/ I had a delicious weekend!  First on Saturday afternoon, we did a little harvesting of green beans and one jalapeno (we were too excited to try the pepper and pulled it before it was entirely ripe).  I did a light saute of the beans and chopped pepper in olive oil and ... http://jennarator.org/2010/06/21/beans-cheesesteaks-and-parc-oh-my/ I went to Paris with Ralph in March and I never did get a chance to put the photos up, so here are a few of my favorite food photos from Paris.  Honestly, I was underwhelmed overall, but I'm glad I went.                     http://jennarator.org/2010/06/15/paris-photos/ [caption id="attachment_437" align="aligncenter" width="400" caption="Brause-Stabchen"][/caption] Except for brussel sprouts, I'm down with German foods.  It's in my blood I can't help it.  So when a coworker brought me a baby packet of German candy, Brause-Stabchen, I was thrilled.  At first bite of the cola flavored stick, I thought it was good, but ... http://jennarator.org/2010/06/08/more-proof-im-german/ I can't believe it's been almost an entire year since I last wrote.  I am the worst blogger ever!  A lot has been going on though.  I'm still making chocolate at the same company but I've been accepted into Drexel's Masters of Human Nutrition.  Yay!  I've been super busy with ... http://jennarator.org/2010/03/04/hrumph/ So i was "testing out" i.e. eating the sh*t out of a product (icing) that has our cocoa powder in it and it's really yummy; I must have eaten about a cup of it and then I saw it: high fructose corn syrup!  Rats.  Guess I won't be cramming any ... http://jennarator.org/2009/04/07/noooo/ A friend just sent me this incredibly comprehensive list of chocolate and chocolatiers.  It even goes so far as to tell you which chocolate brands are carried at specific grocery stores.  It's awesome, but it only covers NYC and boroughs, so those of you still in the area should take ... http://jennarator.org/2009/04/07/chocolist/ I went to visit the Kate-N-Gabe this weekend in NYC, which was awesome and they rule all the schools.  They just so happen to live right next to Doughnut Plant, who make the most amazing donuts (I like to spell it donut, not doughnut, even though that's the more proper ... http://jennarator.org/2009/03/23/doughnut-plant/