By The Way...

My wife has informed me that I'm on my own for food this evening, and that being the case, I like to pretend that what I'm going to do is not open up a can of mini-raviolis, which I then may or may not heat up (indeed, may or may not even excavate out of the can) before I consume them, reminding myself that if I did not luck out in marrying my wife, this would be my life every single night of the week. Yes, I'm pathetic. Thankfully, I'm married.

So what I did was fire up the AOL Journal search engine and plop in the word "recipe." Which took me to this lovely, lovely site. The very first recipe I saw was Chicken Marsala, which I love. Alas, I will not cook this wonderful dish, as inevitably it will end up with something (or someone, probably a pet) on fire. But give me a moment to pretend I have the slightest bit of competence in the kitchen.

(pretending)

Okay, I'm done. Thanks.

Aside from causing my salivary glands to leak in an unseemly fashion, this AOL Journal also reminds us all that you can use your journal space to do many things -- indeed, you can create a Journal dedicated to a single topic if you like (and keep a more general journal as well).

Oh, look. Sweet potato casserole. Man, that's just not fair.

"> As long as we're on the subject of food, allow me to take a moment to introduce you folks to the Gallery of Regrettable Food, a classic site from James Lileks which celebrates some of the most terrifying recipes known to man, woman and dog. This site is so funny they actually made a book out of it (picture of the cover to your left). That's something for you recipe journalers to aim for (although hopefully nothing you make will be in a book like this).

Man, now I'm starving. Off to munch. Look out, raviolis.

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• #6 Comment from gundylein2 
  9/28/03 10:39 PM | Permalink

  if you should ever get hungry for some german food, visit my journal. I do post soem recipes from my homeland there. They are easy to follow and they taste just great. Guten Appetit John...Gundy
• #5 Comment from smithlindser 
  9/28/03 8:16 PM | Permalink

  HEY DO U KNOW HOW TO GET THE LITTLE CHARTOON CHARCTERS FOR YOUR HOME PAGE EMAIL ME PLEASE AT smithlindser@aol.com thanks
  
  
  
  
  
  
• #4 Comment from smithlindser 
  9/28/03 8:16 PM | Permalink

  HEY DO U KNOW HOW TO GET THE LITTLE CHARTOON CHARCTERS FOR YOUR HOME PAGE EMAIL ME PLEASE AT smithlindser@aol.com thanks
  
  
  
  
  
  
• #3 Comment from his1desire 
  9/25/03 5:41 PM | Permalink

  i thought god invented take out to give women the night off from cooking
  pamela
• #2 Comment from irenefalberg 
  9/25/03 5:07 PM | Permalink

  Why is it that men raised by the same women as a woman are so incompetent when it comes to the kitchen? Wouldn't it be lovely to give your wife a night off and learn to cook just one decent meal for her? By the way can I have the sweet potato casserole recipe?