Brokeback mountain chicken dinner with friends

Really fun dinner party last night, recipes to follow...the best chicken recipe we've ever made...i think cuz we broke the chickens back it really did result in much more even beautiful cooking.

Ken and Stacey brought this mask for us...brilliant for tommys halloween costume.

Also we made the most delicious brussel sprouts recipe...

yams. they are beautiful and I can't stop drawing them

Fun to have Tommy back home...last night he's prepping chickens for a dinner party tonight...breaking their backbones out. It looks like performing Shiatsu on the chickens...meanwhile i'm still drawing sweet potatoes.

When my mom called and i told her this she said "what is so interesting about potatoes?"

more tomorrow after meal...

Jack Daniels Gelato

THis is one nice gelato. You do need an ice cream machine, though....make the custard, chill it, then freeze in an ice cream maker. When it's soft serve consistency, put in tupperware,cover top of cream directly with plastic wrap, and freeze. may need to soften out of the freezer for a minute or two before serving.

Painting by my dad, Louis Burrows.

Note - third line of recipe should have parentheses, meaning you can add 1/4 to 1/2 cup of sugar to the half and half, depending on your taste buds and how boozey you like your gelato.

Also, brown sugar would be fun to try.

call any vegetable vegetable burgerz

form into patties and dip both sides in flour, then fry in a pan. I like these on a good bun, with mayo or 1000 island, tomato, lettuce, a slice o' red onion and a slab a cheddar cheese. Deeeelish.

What a pumpkin!

Fall is here, just like that.

Missing Tommy who is working in LA, warm, sunshiny...meanwhile here the weather has done a complete 180 just like it's bound to do at this time - summer out, heaters kicked on. Invited Harry over - the only thing you can do is make soup.

This particular soup, I believe, contains healing powers. I made it the day after an upsetting phone call with a good friend, who'd told me his mom had passed away. Feeling a bit helpless, but wanting to help somehow I made some soup and left it by his door. I figured it might offer comfort and warmth, as it was February, and I don't know. Anyway this soup was made in honor of Millie, Randy's mom. And maybe because of that it has healing alchemic powers. Or so I like to think....hey try it. If you are feeling sad, or lonely, or just chilly, make Millie's lentil soup. It'll warm yer cockles. Better still, make it for a friend.

Served it with a roasted beet salad, with caramelized walnuts, which was really delicious.