Fire Water in Providence

If you ever get the chance to be in Providence, Rhode Island on a Saturday night near Providence Place Mall, check out the Water Fire celebration.

Sorry (again !) for the poor Blackberry photo, but this is pretty cool. A boat proceeds along the canal, lighting these wood fires that sit above the water in sconces ( how often can you use "sconce" in a sentence ? ).

They broadcast classical music along the canal while the fires burn.

Pasta 'n Chicken

Sorry for the blurry phone-cam photo. This is one of those Birds-Eye frozen skillet dishes that I keep in the freezer for those nights I'm really, really lazy.

I like the fact that I have absolutely no control over how much sodium and other stuff is in this !

Panera Bread

Lunch today is a Turkey and Artichoke panini from Panera Bread. My co-worker picked it up for me ( I am answering the phones ) along with Broccoli Cheddar soup.

I love their food; I just wish it wasn't so damn expensive !

Spinach Lasagne

My friend Scott has my lasagne pan so this is an "abbreviated" lasagne. It's two layers instead of three, and it's shorter by the width of a lasagne sheet. I put spinach in this one in addition to ground meat (veal, pork, beef) and I used cottage cheese instead of ricotta.

Lobster

A first for me . . . lobster ! I have eaten lobster before, but I haven't cooked it. Our Boston location serves some of the fishermen and every once in a while they bring us lobsters, crabs, or fish. We also serve the food industry and sometimes get fresh baked bread.

I steamed these 2 and then tore them apart and ended up with two pounds of lobster meat. I will make some sort of lobster roll or salad out of it.

B'Day ?

One of my favorite meals, chicken in black pepper cream sauce. This is phase one, where the chicken is sauteed in oil and butter.

The finished product. Along with rice pilaf and creamed spinach.