December 1, 2013: Sympathies, Snow Monkeys, and Sustenance!

I received the following sympathy card from my friend Lawren today, offering his condolences on the premature end to my Snow Monkeys’ season in Stargate fantasy football league play.

Heartfelt, no?

I can draw solace from the fact that I ended my season with a win over Robert Cooper’s Landsharks, potentially knocking him out of post-season contention.  On the other hand, the win is even more bitter considering it would have put me in the playoffs had I won last week (aka NOT listened to the pundits and gone ahead and played Carson Palmer at quarterback over Case Keenum).

But what’s done is done and now, focus shifts to my OTHER Snow Monkeys, the ones who have already clinched a playoff spot in my original league and are battling for a first round bye.

My already good day was made even better by the fact that, even though I was hosting football Sunday this weekend, I wasn’t doing any of the cooking.  No, that task fell on my buddy, Ivon Bartok, who served up slow-roasted pork tacos, pineapple salsa, and fresh guacamole.

The Happy Homemaker

A pot o’ porky.

The spread

Good times.  And great eating!

So it’s been for the past week as Akemi gets her cook on…

Slow-roasted porchetta

Sweet pea soup

Joel Robuchon’s curry and tomato spiced eggplant fondant

So, what have you all been cooking up?  Getting into the holiday spirit?  Bubba sure is!