Friday Night Dinner

  • FND 10/19/12: Pizzaaaaaaa

    When the FND note comes out at 4:10 on Friday, you know what kind of week it has been. Antidote?  Za! We’ll have dough and sauce  — you bring cheese and other toppings + drinks + dessert.

  • 10/12/12 Comfort Waffles

    I know we had breakfast recently, here’s the thing: we need to have breakfast again. Pecan waffles with hand-whipped cream and honey. See? Spanish Omelets. Jam on toast. Fresh-squeezed OJ. Trust us; it’s time. We know what we’re doing.

  • FND 10/5/12: Sandwich and a Show

    Another fast-forward week! Who’s driving this thing? Tonight at 8 ray and Mimi are performing at the Packing House – circus arts, fabric-y, hoop-y, climb-y-wimb-y*stuff.  So we’ll assemble portable food and amble downtown to watch their be-costumed selves anticking about.     *HT Dr. Who)

  • FND 9/28/12 Grillables in the chillables

    The weather is dialing it down nicely and that puts the patio on the menu.  If it can be grilled it’s on the plate. We have veggie burgers and outstanding hotdogs, will make some kale to go alongside.  Bring your giant portobello caps or filet mignon. This week was the something anniversary of someone’s birthday…

  • FND 9/21/12: Champions, Breakfast of

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  • FND 9/14/12: Celtic Picnic

    This week FND goes on a field trip – more of a lawn trip really, to take in fiddlin’ and steppin’ on Scripps campus.  Bring picnicky stuff or plan to buy dinner there, your choice. More details are here: http://scrippscollege.edu/campus/malott-commons/celtic-spring.php Notice that the start time is a little earlier than usual: 5:30pm.Have a great weekend!

  • FND 9/7/12: Mooned (moved?)

    Time to celebrate the blue moon (last week) by eating ALL THE ROUND THINGS. Could be fried eggs, peas, pancakes, cucumber slices, Moon Pies All Hail The Moon Pies, cookies, pie, more pie, trained watermelon, hoop cheese, globe artichokes, round, uhm, bacon, or a soccer ball. I may have missed something so do improvise. Happy…

  • FND 08/31/12: Pasta marinara con (stuff)

    There had to be a latest FND notice ever, and so this is it. Pasta! Meatballs! Gigantic Salad! Bread!   Have a great weekend!

  • FND 8/24/2012: Breakfasty goodness

    Breakfast and all the breakfasty goodness you can muster. Dan and Lauren are cooking up some frittata.  Meem and Sam and I will make some kinda baked good — biscuits and/or challah.  We’ll scramble up a mess o eggs. We’re aiming to sit down to eat between 6:30 and 7, so feel free to come…

  • FND 08/17/12: Wrap and Roll: Sushi

    Specifically, Edomae makizushi, ha ha, don’t worry we won’t use our stockpiles of fermented neta, no.  We understand not everyone is into that this century. Instead we’ll be wrapping ever-so-slightly vinegary rice and yummy vegetables and optional fish in sheets of silky nori.  The only thing fermented will be the sake.