Friday Night Dinner

This week we celebrate the balls of deliciousness known as dumplings.  So many countries, so many kinds.  The Levy-Kome home is sporting an assortment of dim sum and pot stickers, but you might prefer chicken and dumplings or empanadas or kreplach or  … Check out ye olde WIkipedia for some inspiration:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dumpling Then bring em on.…

In honor of Christina, who is leaving us for snowier, windier pastures in Chicago and Sam, who was born in Chicago just as Spring sprung, we are having the first ever FND Paleo extravaganza.  Now I have to go look up what that means…  back in a sec … OK.  I’m back.  Here’s what I…

Bring us your eggs, your bacon, your grits, and all kinds of pan-shaped cakes.  Ray might have to do an encore of those banana fritters.  BREAK that FAST! RaySamMeem and the Critters    

Check out these 30 recipes from southern living and whoop it up with us this Friday.  Ray is gonna work on some beignets.  Put some South in our mouth! http://www.southernliving.com/food/holidays-occasions/new-orleans-mardi-gras-recipes-00417000071840/

We are fried.  The teenager organized an amazing stuffed critter sale this week, and has decided to celebrate by attending a high school performance of Avenue Q tonight.  Our house has almost recovered from factory status. Meanwhile, I believe someone called the theme “fried” for this week. Stir fry, deep fry, pan fry, it is…

So we might be batty. In fact, we’re not ’round the bend, we’re down the road eighteen miles. Anyway this theme tickles our loony humor so let’s roll with it. Fusion food (put some curry in your taco or some sushi in your salad or maybe use some baguette as the bun for your hotdog).…