bread

Kris has been talking about making this bread recipe for forever but has yet to do it. My cousin beat him to it and it looks so amazing and sounds delicious. One of us should try it out, maybe Kris...

a "taste" of las vegas

what a cheesy title for a post!

anyway, when i was out in las vegs we ate a lot of good food. of course there is in - n - out, and cafe rio. and i did eat those places, and loved it, as usual. but caroline and i decided to have an authentic las vegas night out. we chose mamacita's on east fremont street (not to be confused with west fremont street that's covered with an LED dome) for great mexican and cuban food.

and for dessert, frozen treats from luv-it custard. both places are small and independent, have been around for awhile, were full of locals, and are delicious.



just look at her impish delight!

Tradition

For a number of years, the Jorgensen tradition has been to have cinnamon rolls the Sunday morning of General Conference weekend. Here's a picture of the ones we had this morning while watching Church conference. They were melt-in-your-mouth great! Thanks Gayle!

I love taking pictures of people eating.

Here are a couple: (above) My mom and dad eating some delicious bagels. ( In my book, there's hardly anything better for breakfast than a bagel with a generous schmear of cream cheese.) (below) Francesco eating maybe the best pizza in New York or anywhere: Grimaldi's. It's under the Brooklyn Bridge, and we had to wait in line for an hour, but it was worth it. Fresh sliced mozzarella, basil, the perfect sauce, thin tasty crust. I admit, the pepperoni was much better than the plain cheese... So it's #1 status can be challenged.

On a weird side note: I thought Grimaldi's was a one of a kind hole in the wall type place... but then I was staying with Caroline last weekend, and saw an ad for Grimaldi's "the famous Brooklyn pizzeria" in Las Vegas! I wanted to eat there, and make some kind of record for having eaten at both locations within the same week, but alas, did not get the chance. In -n- Out was calling.

Pizza Pie

We found out that our local pizzeria, Grandma's U-bake, sells large pizzas on Tuesdays and Wednesdays for five dollars even. Yesterday we picked one up and Sam loved it. Enough with the mush--give me some pizza! Welcome to the family Sam!

funeral food

These nice ladies from my great grandmother's ward at church put on a dinner for the family after her funeral. This kind of really traditional Utah food isn't normally my thing, but after not eating all day, it tasted good...especially the funeral potatoes.

It really did have all the traditional, joked about Utah mormon foods: funeral potatoes full of cheese and sour cream, ham, iceberg lettuce salad with the little carrot strips and ranch dressing, jello fruit salad, dinner rolls...When we walked up to the table, my dad cracked a joke; "Where's the green jello with carrots?". My mom's cousin, Becky, was standing there and said, "Oh, you missed it. That was the first thing to go." And she was dead serious.

p.s. the carruths enjoyed the dinner, too. oh, i forgot to mention the chocolate chip cookies.

Saffron

Last night Aaron made naan bread and we got out some saag (spinach curry) and saffron rice from the freezer (freezers rule).

Aaron said something to the effect of: Here we are, eating rice made with the most expensive spice in the world, and (2nd born)'s putting ketchup on it.

No accounting for taste, right?