Hawaiian pulled pork sandwich with pineapple salsa

Xmas brunch

Smoked salmon pasta

At Pizza Nova, San Marcos

Sausage rolls at Shakespeare pub

Location:San Diego

Chicken livers at Cracker Barrel

Yum

Brats

Fried ravioli

Goat cheese tomato tart

cinnamon chip oatmeal cookies

made by me

to get us through the imminent bacon shortage

Our dinner at Union on Yale, Claremont

Mallory read a feature on this restaurant in AAA magazine. We made a special trip to eat there. What sold her, was a picture of their gnudi (basically gnocci). The gnudi was not quite like the picture and just okay, much like the rest of the meal. It was pretty cool to watch the guy prepare an cook our pizza in the Naples pizza oven right next to us. And he did wash his hands frequently. Overall, we'd give it a 6/10. We probably won't go back. Service was good. Coke refills were free, but they brought water to the table in a bottle, which reminded us of parched meals in Europe. Somehow, we Americans expect our beverages to flow freely at every meal.

Margarita pizza. Good. Nice crust. Nothing special.

Duck. Odd taste. The corn and black rice was great.

Butcher pizza. Three good meats, but topped with pickled onions which gave the whole thing an odd taste even when meticulously removed by Daniel.

Cottage pie. A shepherds pie. But oddly they added some chunks to the ground meat, and they weren't great. I asked for ketchup, and the waitress was a bit snippy about that ("if you want to ruin it").

Cinnamon rolls!

Pluma Moos

Cold fruit soup. Mennonite tradition

Homemade bread

Thick cut. Toasted. Plenty of butter and jam.

Waffles and bacon

best crescent rolls ever

courtesy Mallory Mudge

Should we let this age?

Mallory was inducted as REP president. These were her joke gifts.

Danishes from Portos

Mulholland Dog at Pinks

Home grown basil and tomatoes

Cinnamon roll and cherry turnover

Portos in Burbank

Bacon omlette pannini

Portos in Burbank

Banana nutella crepe at Farmers Market LA

Vander's dinner at Sammy's

plain noodles, apparently tying knots in them adds flavor

tuna salad at Sammy's, Carlsbad

good, Lauren's birthday dinner

Lauren's birthday cake

Oceanside

apparently 2nd best pizza in the world

at AJ Bariles, Yucaipa. Pretty good.

ahi salad at BJs

one of the lowest calorie items on the menu, good

Mobius sliced bagel

It's Okay To Be Smart

Burger

A-Frame in culver city

Popcorn

P

A-frame

Dinner at Wild Rocket in Redlands

Service was great. Food was okay. It's pretty much just a succession of appetizers to share. The tater tots were, well, tater tots. Kobe sliders good, but only 2. Watermelon and onion salad interesting. Ribs odd flavor and chewy. Butternut lobster ravioli had lots of lobster but a little tough and fishy.

The place was quiet on a Wednesday night. They were eager to please, and I wish them well, but we probably won't be regulars.

Father's day breakfast at Arthur's, Mentone

eggs, hash, hash browns, biscuits and gravy

artisan brie artichoke pizza

at Sammy's Carlsbad

The women are gone. The men eat brats.

pizza in Lone Pine

after Whitney attempt, good pizza, only pizza place in town

crab cocktail

at Kings Fish House

chili Verde

at los Fuentes

salmon and spinach

spinach ravioli

at 2 guys

I'm going to start taking some vitamins.