WebJournal - The blog will set you free

WebJournal - The blog will set you free
News of no interest whatsoever except to very close and patient friends and family members and maybe people with no life

Tuesday, November 11, 2003

Evolution of an evening of cooking:

1. M.A. was coming home on Sunday evening to cook something for that night and to take to the office on Monday.
2. At noon we decided to call Monse. She came with her two friends who came with their 2 friends.
3. We called Pilar. She came in late, after dinner.
4. We called Nicolas. He came.
5. John, a friend of a friend, called me because he had a problem with his Mac. I told him to pop in later with the Powerbook. He came with his friend but left before dinner.

Somehow we ended up cooking for an army. I made penne alla siciliana (eggplant and mozzarella) and he made a potaje de Cuaresma. I actually bought a 20 quarts pot, but the preparations were fun, the cooking was fun and the eating was fun too. Monse's friends are all extremely nice, one of them in particular.
Now we have enough food to feed the neighborhood. I tupperwared six portions to take to the office today and will do the same tomorrow again. There will be plenty of food left anyways.

Before going on the frenzy food shopping spree we had lunch at the only Sri Lankan restaurant included in my 2 years old Zagat guide. Briefly: it sucks. The place was deserted and we should have known better. My veggie curry was not bad but not good either. The flour "tortillas" (well, pancakes) tasted very much like uncooked flour. M.A.'s dish was a poor rendition of a Tex-Mex fajita, with lousy beef. Don't bother going.

This evening after work I went to a silent auction for Reaching U, a foundation for Uruguay. I was outbidded on a painting I really liked but ended up signing up for a sponsorship which might be a better way of spending my money. After the event I dragged home Silvana, a very young colleague from Argentina, and proceeded to feed her.

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