'Big Food'

Visiting family prompted a weekend of "big food," as we like to say. No complaints here!

Friday
My bison ribeye almost made up for the slow service at DC's Cashion's Eat Place (though other members of the party were not as impressed with their supposed veal, which tasted more like bland chicken). Oh well! The occasion was still joyous and the company couldn't be beat.

Saturday
Breakfast at Whitlow's on Wilson in Arlington...I had a decent lox and bagels platter, but I should have gotten one of the egg dishes because these come with yummy garlicky homefries. Next time.

Sausage cheese balls (yes, the Bisquick recipe) because we didn't have them on Christmas, as is customary...We mixed it up, however, by using gluten-free biscuit mix, hormone-free shredded cheese, and organic sausage, proving it's ok to mess with a good thing.

Spaghetti--well, actually fusilli--dinner with homemade meat ragu (my best one yet, if I do say so myself) and a salad with mandolined fennel and radishes followed by lemon poundcake topped with blueberry sauce...Wine may have made an appearance, too ;-)


Coming up: Latin chicken and rice soup tonight, baked tabbouleh-stuffed tomatoes (greenhouse-grown, of course) tomorrow, and Friday evening's potentially most incredible meal ever (hint: 38 seats)