Posts Tagged as ‘Essay’

June 14, 2009

Happy 1 Year Anniversary…

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Holy Crap. Cow.
Pen & Fork (the journey begins with a fork…) blog is ONE YEAR OLD!
(And they said it’d never last.)
Actually, no one said that. I made it up.
In honor of being ONE YEAR OLD, I’m handing out completely unfounded awards for some [...]

December 17, 2008

Eggs-cellent dish…

Perhaps you are wondering why I’m not showing an image of the meal I’m about to describe?
Here’s why: a.) the said meal was made when the lighting wasn’t good, and b.) said meal did not make a pretty picture regardless of the lighting… and therefore would not do justice to the wonderfulness of it all.
So, [...]

December 3, 2008

After the fact…

Who does a postmortem after Thanksgiving? Apparently, we do. There we were with notepad in hand, surveying the Thanksgiving buffet line. “Next year, we need half as many sweet potatoes,” I said, looking at the less than half empty 9 X 13 dish of sweet potatoes, still covered with caramel brown marshmallows.
“And let’s not forget [...]

November 25, 2008

Big Tom…

Tom is taking up a fair amount of space in the fridge. He is the biggest turkey I’ve ever seen, and my brother informs me we are cooking him on Thursday. I wonder if we really should get started today. How long does it take to cook a 21-pound turkey?
I don’t have years of experience [...]