new year’s resolution: host people more often and cook.  menu for the evening:

• starter: mexican chicken and rice soup
• salad: caprese salad with fresh mozzarella, heirloom tomatoes, olive oil and vinegar
• entree: baked chicken stuffed with pesto, pine nuts, and mushrooms with cacciatore salami and and provolone cheese to seal it in, drizzled with lemon
• sides: steamed green beans and roasted pears with cinnamon
• dessert: champagne-soaked apples, baked and glazed in caramel with vanilla and cookie dough ice cream

(entree dish)

good start to 2012.

“Timing is everything. Chemistry is something that you don’t just throw in the frying pan and mix it up with another something, then throw it on top of something, then fry it up and put it in a tortilla and put in a microwave, heat it up and give it to you and expect it to taste good. You know? For those of you who can cook, y’all know what I’m talking about. If y’all can’t cook, this doesn’t concern you.”

-kevin garnett on the shortened NBA training camp

note to self: don’t go to dinner at the garnett household if kevin’s cooking