Planning a great meal...

A little bit of melted chocolate and some peanuts and you have yourself a great sweet treat. Unless, of course, it's 100 degrees outside, and then you have peanuts with continuously melted chocolate on them. A little messy, a lot of good taste! Just bring me a spoon!

My friend Sandy and I went to see Julie & Julia yesterday. I really enjoyed it. And I mean really. I have not been a huge follower of Julie Child, although I think everyone agrees on her influence and talent, and she has always intrigued me. And I had never read Julie Powell's blog either. So it was a few hours of just sinking into a chair, munching on my movie popcorn, and getting lost in the moment. It was a great way to spend the afternoon. It also got me going back to the beginning of my own blog and revisiting my hopes and dreams as I entered blog-land, and it reaffirmed my love of Meryl Streep!

I have been doing a lot of blog-soul searching lately as the summer draws to an end, and so I decided to kick off my end of summer cooking with Boeuf Bourguignon, from Mastering the Art of French Cooking. Sandy is going to be cooking it with me (although in her own kitchen) and then we will compare notes. I can't wait to try it. And of course share it too!