trader joe's

today for lunch, i had trader joe's reduced guilt pizza primavera.  i always expect yummy things from trader joe's, and this lived up to that expectation.  it wasn't all cardboardy like so many frozen "diet" pizzas can be.  it was loaded with veggies like eggplant, peppers, and zucchini.  the sauce was good, the crust was crispy, it was delightful!  there wasn't much in the way of cheese, but for 250 calories and 7 grams of fat, they can't afford much!  especially because it was real cheese, not some diet crap.  anyway, i'm definitely going to buy this again, and i suggest you buy it, too.

wine

i count food along with wine.  the two do go together splendidly.

tonight, we had smoking loon chardonnay.  not the best, but for $8.99, quite lovely.  smooth, but almost too smooth.  as eric stated, "there's not enough body."  this, however, makes for an excellently subtle cooking wine, if you're like me and don't want to fully taste white wine in sauces.

friday night at tyler's party, there was barefoot pinot noir.  i'm not a huge fan of their wines, but they're they kind of wines where once you pop, who cares?  i actually did enjoy the pinot noir, which i drank out of a little half-pint glass from cricket hill while sitting around the very lovely fire bowl in the back yard.  i would buy it.

one of my all-time favorite wines is garnacha de fuego!  it is awesome.  end of story.

i love the pig!

uncle will's pancake house is, as usual, absolutely fantastic.  you have to be prepared to either wait or get up early, though.  one day we waited 15 minutes at 8:45, another's time was 45 minutes at 10.  once you're in, though, the food flies out of the kitchen.  i highly recommend the redneck benedict.  two biscuits cut in half, with chopped up ham and tomatoes, sausage gravy, and 2 eggs on top.  the pancakes are also delightful, some of the best i've ever had.  when you sit down, they ask if you'd like some coffee, cups for which are already on the table, and the coffee is strong and spicy.  water is served out of handled mason jars.  if you ask nicely, you can eat breakfast with the pig, a ceramic pig on a wheeled chair.  usually i don't ask, because there's always oodles of kids in there who are waiting their turn to eat with the pig.  if i'm there with my mom and russell, however, we eat with the pig.  russell lives to eat with the pig.  i simply live to eat.


p.s. - the website for uncle will's is unfinished and the background and side pictures are not of the restaurant!  just so you know, cuz the interior is vastly different from the slick asian-inspired restaurant behind their name on the website...