you can't do that with a tiffany lamp!

tequila lime [tempeh] fajitas: being a record of the marinade maintained in a place where it actually can't get lost

juice of two limes (or one lemon)
1/4 cup olive oil
1/4 cup agave (or honey)
2 tsp chili powder
2 tsp granulated garlic
2 tsp ground cumin
1 tsp black pepper
2-3 shots (seriously, jiggers, no skimping) tequila*

marinate food in this.**

then cook it and eat it!!!

*[p.s. this is where i get rid of my goddamn, my freaking durango bullshit that i bought for the margarita cupcakes and can't drink 'cause it's heinous. i guess if you wanted to use good tequila you could, but i'd save that for a congratulatory drink when you're eating your FREAKING AWESOME FAJITAS, MOTHERFUCKER. yeah.]

**where by food i mean chicken or tempeh (which is what i did) or beef i guess or seitan or maybe even shrimp or tilapia? as long as you're careful with those last two; don't kill them. just a couple minutes. half an hour or so for the rest, maybe an hour if you get distracted. whatever, it worked for me.

fucking AMAZING evening; best I've had in months.

in part, but only part, because I spent a solid twenty minutes talking to our kitchen manager about fucking chicken parm (ASIAN FUSION CHICKEN PARM; YES IT IS EPIC NO SHUT UP) -- and half an hour before that talking about how we are food geeks and how yes I am *exactly* the kind of crazy that wants to spend the rest of my life in this fucked-up, life-destroying, TRULY AMAZING and terrible industry.*

ugh, food.

and then I drove home in a thunderstorm :D

*and now I can't help thrilling at the idea that one of these days, between shifts, he'll take me into the kitchen and we'll raid the cooler and cook, and I'll learn things, because he is a STONE-COLD CLASSICALLY TRAINED TUSCAN CHEF.

LJ/DW crosspost

draaaaaaaama. or, at least, my version of it. surprise, it involves a) food, b) jobs, and c) weather. oh, also internet tv. and ryan ross.

first, storytime! yesterday I was SUPER CRANKY at the snow, because it meant I couldn't go in to Outpost to do my demoing and baking. well, guess what, I WENT IN ANYWAY. by mid-afternoon the weather had calmed down enough that I was able to drive out, do the baking (two tarts and five dozen cupcakes) and give Mom a tour of the store, and be home by 8. rockin! and I'm SO HAPPY I DID, because today was AMAZING. the gluten-free mini chocolate cupcakes were a HUGE HIT (and I made at least one little girl with celiac VERY HAPPY :D), and the brie-apple tarts got DEMOLISHED. I even had to run upstairs and print out more recipe cards halfway through the day, because so many people wanted to make it at home! and at LEAST half a dozen people asked to buy a premade tart, straight up. I was flattered, even though I could not actually sell the tart *g*

also, since phurie_dae coaxed me into watching it (twisted my arm. really.) I have TOTALLY FALLEN FOR BBC'S MERLIN. ugggggggh. BOYS~ and PLEASE, COME ON, SOMEBODY TRY AND TELL ME WEE!MERLIN IS *NOT* A CLONE OF RYAN ROSS. I DARE YOU. you guys, I need people to flail at about this show. message me.

thirdly, secret message for sansets: (I don't want to jinx anything because my desire to write has been rather fragile lately, along with my free time, but) GRETA AND LADY!BRENDON WILL NOT STOP MAKING OUT IN MY HEAD. IT'S VERY DISTRACTING. D:<

MOVING ON!


Apple and Brie Tart with Honey and Walnuts

( yeah, another recipe. I like coming up with these, okay? anyway, THIS TART IS DELICIOUS. )

YOU GUYS! I LOVE MY JOB!