Death Row Meal

Last weekend, during a long drive to Idaho from Seattle, my companions and I got to the conversation of what sort of food we would select for our last meal, a la Death Row. Lots of comfort food were mentioned like mac n cheese, but I will admit that my meal would resemble more of a buffet:

• my dad's adobo (Filipino dish of meat -- usually chicken or pork -- cooked in soy sauce, vinegar, garlic, pepper and bay leaves that make the meat come out so tender)
• my stepmother's rice
• fried chicken
• tocilog (traditional Filipino breakfast consisting of Filipino bacon, garlic fried rice and a fried egg on top)
• Georgia Brown's biscuit-battered French toast

Basta Pasta

A chef friend recently took a position at a pizza restaurant and took home some of their special ingredients to familiarize himself with them. One night, he invited me over to experiment on pasta-making with 00 (double zero) flour to see a) if it was possible and b) if it was good.

This was a new venture for many reasons. 1) I haven't cooked in so long, 2) I've never actually hand-made pasta and 3) I finally saw, for the first time ever, one of those home pasta makers actually being used. Fun, yes. Tasty, absolutely. Do it again, ummmmm...