I think that this was the most interesting Gourmet Geek night yet! Of course, great food and great conversation permeated the entire evening, but what is most important is that Maddie actually ATE what we made! It surprises me how particular she can be about food because when she was a baby she ate almost everything and loved it! Our pasta dish and appetizer of Rachel Ray’s chicken meatballs was a success in her book though!

We finished cooking and eating just in time because the lights went out at the Links around 7:30. The weather wasn’t bad – they just went out. Maddie was sure that the leprechuan’s had come to her house to play a trick on her because they had been going to her class every day during the week to make messes before the children showed up to school. We spent the remainder of the evening by candlelight and I have to say that it was one of the most relaxing evenings of the week. No noise is a good thing sometimes!!!

Thanks Jeff and Daneah for coming over again! We’ll have to think of a creative way to do this next year when you are in Bangkok!

Nothing says I love you like….

broadcasting the third episode of the Gourmet Geeks.

Jeff predicted on his blog The Thinking Stick that this year would be the year of Live Web and I think he is right! It captures your attention… makes you want to tune in.

I don’t know what took us so long to figure this one out, but it’s awesome on so many levels. Andy and Jeff are the Gourmet Geeks and once every couple of weeks Jeff and Daneah head over to our house to broadcast and show off their fine culinary and geeky talents! This week it was Beef Stir Fry which was preceded by a dozen red roses for both Uma and Hetta. This week we introduced Uma’s mom, Um, and introduced Hetta’s mom, He. Reasons why this is a good thing:

• Maddie LOVES Daneah and Jeff as they have known her since before she was even born.
• We get to play with technology and learn new things.
• We get to connect with people all over the world.
• Andy and Jeff get to wear their favorite aprons.
• We always start the show off with a ceremonial shot of something yummy.
• The broadcasting has us laughing harder than we have laughed all week.
• We get to eat some good grub at the end.