I marked another year north of the topsoil on Wednesday, and my father and his wife took my wife and I out to a restaurant here in San Carlos last night called Rumi; it was fantastic. The waitress came to the table with salmon mousse on bruschetta (bloody good); we had olives and feta for an appetizer, my wife had gnocchi, the old people had a lamb skewers, and I had braised beef short ribs. We drank a $36 Syrah that was perfect.

On my actual birthday, I worked late, but came home to my wife’s Czech cooking- I have grown to love Czech food- we had Chezeck (no idea how to spell it; this is an approximate, phonetic recreation); it is breaded chicken, dipped in egg, and sauted in a skillet. As usual (or, classically), it came with potatoes, and we had brussel sprouts. All in all, two days of great eating.

Not sure what we will make this weekend. We have a new cookbook- the America’s Test Kitchen Book- will probably poke through it and find a starting point. Will post after we shop.

Peace,

DB