The World Surrounding Me

We just got home from Central Market’s Hatch Green Chile Cooking Contest. Matt took 2nd place with his green chile cheese bagels! Check out some pictures here. I’m so proud of him. We think he got 2nd primarily because “creativity” was one of the judging factors — and a green chile cheese bagel is fantastic, [...]

Matt entered Central Market’s Hatch Green Chile recipe contest, and was selected as a finalist! Woot! Good thing we went there this weekend and bought a bunch more chiles. He’ll be preparing his dish (more info on that to come) for the judges this coming Sunday. The winner gets a Central Market gift card and [...]

My favorite quilt designer (unless I count myself – ha!) is having a fantastic give-away on her blog this week, to celebrate her blog’s 1st anniversary. Prizes include finished quilts & some great fabric. Check out Anka’s Treasures blog here for more info. Designer Heather Mulder Peterson designs simple-to-make yet visually interesting quilts. I’ve been [...]

Tomorrow morning, I venture into the next stage of trying to solve the foot problems that have been plaguing me since last Thanksgiving: physical therapy. I’m not sure entirely what it will involve, but I’m excited to get started, hoping this will bring me relief. (Especially hopeful since the next stage would be some kind [...]

Matt & I have been thoroughly enjoying Top Chef Masters this summer on Bravo (that’s probably because it features our favorite celeb-chef, Rick Bayless, plus plenty of other excellent chefs). We never really watched the regular Top Chef, finding that it had too much petty bitterness, immaturity, etc. Top Chef Masters, however, is fascinating. For [...]