CHEESESLAVE

I’m sitting by a cozy fire in snowy Seattle, sipping a margarita and eating chips and salsa. We’re having Christmas tamales tonight. Tamales I brought up from Los Angeles.
Last night, we had a traditional English Christmas dinner. Actually it was inspired by Southwestern France — so it was really more of a hybrid English/French dinner.
But [...]

Kate’s dinner tonight:
Duck liver and heart sauteed in butter
Pickled beets
Watermelon
Whenever I get a duck from the farmer’s market (usually every other week), I roast the duck for Seth and me and give Kate the organ meat.

Kate and I got to go to lunch today with Seth. We went to Lilly’s, a French restaurant in Venice where you can eat outside.
Seth and I both had moules frites (mussels with French fries) and Kate had duck liver terrine, olives, onion confit, and cornichons. She ate some mussels, too.

I have a leftover duck carcass in the fridge. It still has a lot of meat on it. I was trying to think about what to make for dinner and I came up with a good idea:
Duck, Blood Orange and Kalamata Olive Salad on a Bed of Arugula with Blood Orange Vinaigrette
Sounds good, eh? I’ll [...]