"Got Chicken Soup" Redux, An Update and Some Blog News

Before I get to the rest of this post, I want to say a ginormous Thank You! to everyone for all of the good thoughts, wishes and prayers that you've been sending my way.  I appreciate them and all of YOU more than I can say.

The Update:

I saw the nurse practitioner at my doctor's office Tuesday afternoon and the verdict was a nasty case of bronchitis that (according to her) was rapidly headed towards an even nastier case of pneumonia. Hopefully though, with the script she gave me for Zithromax and a little... OK, a lot of rest, I should be well on the road to recovery in the next couple of days.

The cool mist vaporizer, the boxes of Kleenex, the Mucinex and the Ibuprofen are helping too, of course. Oh... and copious amounts of water, which of course has it's downside. (remember how I mentioned having shortness of breath going from the family room to the loo? yeah, that.) I really am being a good girl and following orders, but since I still feel kinda like a limp noodle, I don't have much choice.

Lamb Recipe Redux - I'm Down For The Count

Leg of Lamb

Howdy Kids...

I hope you don't mind, but today I'm directing you back to a recipe that I posted back in May 2011. I'm about 99% sure that I have pneumonia and I just don't have it in me to cook anything, let alone do a big old post about it.  According to my stats, it's the second most viewed recipe on this blog. (I'll re-post the first at a later time)

A New York State of Mind - (and Bagels) STMUSS

Good Saturday Morning All!

Yep. You guessed it.  It's time for one of my favorite parties - Songs That Make Us Sing Saturday!

Since we're all about food here at GATAB, I thought I'd start with a little food video that has ties to the music videos I'm posting today. This place is considered by many New Yorkers to have the best bagels in in the city. (I don't know what the little "offside" thing with the 2 guys is about, but this was the most informative clip I could find on Youtube about Ess-a-bagel)

Spaghetti alla Puttanesca

There are as many versions of Pasta alla Puttanesca as there are cooks who prepare it. It's one of those recipes that varies by region or family or availability. The basic ingredients can usually be found hanging around in any Southern Italian cook's pantry. Spaghetti is the most common pasta used in the dish, but you can use any pasta that you prefer. Tomatoes, capers, onions, anchovies, garlic, good olive oil, crushed red pepper flakes and olives, all have pretty bold personalities, but the beauty of this dish is that the flavors marry so well when they're combined, that none of them really overpowers the other.

It's Scary In Cyber Jail!

Google Images

To paraphrase the immortal words of Samuel Langhorne Clemens, better known as Mark Twain, "The rumors of my blog's death have been slightly exaggerated".

If you happened to stop by Tuesday afternoon or evening, looking for a recipe or maybe just to say hello, and instead found a screen saying "This Blog Has Been Removed" please allow me to apologize. Well, in all fairness, Google is the one actually making apologies at the moment.

Au Gratin Potatoes

Well, I promised to post the recipes for the sides that I made for our Christmas Eve Rib Eye Roast, here they are....