Last Saturday we had some friends over for dinner. The theme was upscale pizza joint. We fried some cheese, made some delicious jalapeno poppers and put together homemade pizza (even the dough was from scratch). And, we drank some fancy cocktails. I had 3 cocktails and they sent me for a loop. Note to self, eat something during the day before you mix up a drink. I had these and we used this IPA. When we went to the wine/beer store, I had to ask for help on selecting a bitter IPA. I’m usually drawn to hoppy beer, but specifically finding a bitter was something that was out of my league. Anyway, I can’t wait to drink the Toxic Sludge by itself.
In preparation for the pizza joint dinner, we practiced our technique at the beginning of the week (testing sauces and toppings and mastering the pizza peel). Our pizza dough recipe produces three pies. For the record, we ate 6 pizzas during the time period of December 10-17. I love pizza, but I’m over it right now. Tonight, we’re back on the healthy train and it will be a vegetable-centric meal.
In a totally different vein, we went to see The Hobbit on Sunday with some friends. All of us enjoyed the movie, but we couldn’t help talking about how there are still two movies to tell the story. I’m sure I’ll read the book again before the next installment. I should time myself and see if it is possible to read the book in less than 9 hours since that’s about how long the movie version will end up.