I could not wait to get to Massachusetts last fall and order a lobster roll. It was everything I’d hoped for when I finally ordered one. Since then I’ve dreamed of having another.
Andrew and I were home alone Mother’s Day weekend and so it seemed the perfect time to try doing a lobster roll.
I explained to Andrew that we needed hot dog bun- plain old hot dog buns- preferably a top loader. Don’t try and get fancy and use some nicer bread- this is about the lobster and the hot dog bun holds the lobster without trying to one up it. Turns out you can not buy top loader hot dog buns in the northwest so I settled for a side loader.
Usually I am sous-chef at dinner but this night I was top-chef- actually solo chef while Andrew sat outside and waited for dinner, “You know what you’re doing, you just make it.” The pressure was on.
For two lobster rolls I used four tails boiled them for about 4-5 minutes. Cool a bit and then removed all the meat.
Meanwhile chop 1/2 a stalk of celery and 1 green onion.
Combine celery, green onion and lobster in a bowl and add 2 tablespoons mayo, a slight dash of Tobasco, a slight dash of lime juice. Gently mix and set in fridge to chill.
Take a plain old hotdog bun, butter the roll on the inside and fry open face in a pan.
 plain old hot dog bun grill
 Lay a piece of lettuce on the bun and then mound on the lobster. It's all about the lobster so don't add other spices and stuff.
 We enjoyed our lobster roll with a 2005 Tagaris Meritage.
 Tasted like the best from the best places in Massachusetts!
Look at these “paintings,” they are by Cayce Zavaglia. Done with with needle and thread they are ”renegade thread” because her stitches are not the ordinary embroidered stitches but rather a layering of stitches every which way, all kinds of lengths.
 
Another bit of art that I am crazy about is the duo work of C.S. Tarpley and Nathan Youngblood. The work is their combined skills of glass work and electroformed copper.
 
I saw their work in Santa Fe in 2007 and I’ve never forgotten it. Their collaboration on pieces is lightyears better than their individual works.
 Work in progress.
I’m pretty sure I’m the last one to get the memo on this but has anyone discovered Spoonflower? You can design your own pattern and have it printed to fabric which is pretty amazing. But what I was really thrilled about was the array of incredible designers on the site. All the patterns here are the work of Holli Zollinger.
As you know I have this fetish for fabrics. I love the idea of buying bolts of fabric in a myriad of patterns. And then what to do with them. Well, there’s always pillows. You see, I’m not a big sewer but pillows I can handle. I found all these fabrics I want to get and need only the smallest excuse to get them. I would love them all for the boys’ room. But really, how many pillows does the boys’ room need? Apparently about twenty. I think maybe if I just opened a fabric store I would be better off.
 And really, I think it would be a crime not to get this one for my little Fox.
With just a little bit of chicken on hand- not enough for a big old piece per person I thought, maybe we’d do stir fry. Boring! I always do stir fry with a little bit of chicken on hand. And then surfing about on the internet I saw a rendition of what I came up [...]
Andrew started this little tradition years ago. It began with a craving for fatty fried food of some sort and ended by way of frying every last thing for dinner. It is goodness extraordinaire- and not for the faint of heart about weight watching and such.
Twenty years ago I came into possession of the fat [...]
It snowed on Saturday. Today it is 70 degrees and life is sunny. My newest favorite thing on is to line dry my laundry on days like this. I put up a clothesline, bought wooden clothes pins, and got to work on the mountain of dirty clothes today. I love any excuse to be outside [...]
A few new and varied books.
Uncorked Marco Pasanella decides to buy a monster building in Manhattan and start a wine shop, without any knowledge of how to do it. My review. Go ahead buy the book. I handed my copy off to Andrew and he enjoyed it. (I’m kinda bothered by the cover art though- [...]
UPDATE––– Dacor contacted me moments ago and will be repairing my oven at no cost to me! Thank you, James! I really appreciate this!
Finally, FINALLY, our neighbors were coming for dinner.
The weather was turning cool. A pork roast sounded tasty – slow cooked so it would fall apart when done. Sweet potato fries and half [...]
At long last – the pictures of my new hand made wardrobe! I’m afraid I have been ruined by the experience, though, and won’t be able to go back to clothing off the rack…
The whole Yaly experience was such a luxury. You are assigned a salesgirl who guides you [...]
Caitlin, April 30th, 2012
“We have a winner!” And her name is Ali Tong!
Congratulations! You’ll be getting your wunderbar kikipop shipped auf Deutchland very soon!
The art of scrimshaw has been around at least as far back as the American Revolutionary period. It is the art of etching a picture onto a whale bone and then inking the bone to bring out the etched picture. Usually the theme would have been nautical. I taught Matthias and two friends this art.
I needed a new pair of black heels because during the big purge (and by the way, did I ever mention The Nate Berkus Show called me after seeing that post and I was inches away from being flown out to do a segment on their show with Stacy London who I have wanted to help [...]
These beautiful boats were docked all up and down the river
The little French colonial town of Hoi An was a welcome sight after the chaos and rain in Saigon. We explored all the little side streets and markets, depending on our trusty little scooter for all our transportation. For most tourists the real draw [...]
So I said a few weeks ago that if Valiant’s birthday gift turned out I would do a little tutorial, and here it is!
Remember this?
Here’s the list of what you need:
* Fabric (1/2 yd or less) for the head
* Scraps of fabric for ears (same or complimentary pattern)
* 1/2 skein yarn (I used bulky wool [...]
Caitlin, April 22nd, 2012
Hooray a give-away!
(Don’t just “like” You must leave a comment below to be entered!!)
After hunting for pacifiers in ever nook and cranny of the house/car/stroller/crib I decided baby number three needed a pacifier chain. And not just any plastic piece of junk, I wanted one of those adorable wooden ones made [...]
Caitlin, April 20th, 2012
I am feeling a little bit alive again now that Rhys is 9 weeks old. We turned the “survival only” corner a couple weeks ago and I’m doing things normal people do again. Like baking, having people over for dinner, watercoloring with my kids . . . . flossing my teeth. Anything not necessary for the sustenance [...]
The colors remind me of a mineral deposit.
Prizes to anyone who can guess what this is. This is my poor little copper bottomed pot. It became a casualty to my inattention while at the computer. I left it to browse artworks. When I finally remembered it, the water was all boiled away and I had [...]
I don’t think I could be accused of being a hoarder or collector– any more. But there has been this one thing that I could not give up. It is the most unlikely of things and were I to tell you of it, you would immediately think, “hoarder,” because it is nonsensical and of less [...]
The Ben Thanh indoor market
Saigon was a shocking introduction to Vietnam – loud, crowded, colorful and fascinating – and I loved it. I know the proper name now is Ho Chi Minh city now but I think Saigon sounds much more glamorous.
When I write reviews on the world wide web, I have to tailor it as such. No one really cares about my take on life, my opinion about a characters’ morals; no, what they want to know is whether the book is well written, a compelling story with complex characters. The Chaperone by Laura Moriarty [...]
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