Food talk

While I make up my mind about spilling the beans on the national issue that has me up in arms right now I thought I'd share my grand culinary plans with ya'll.

This is the cake my sister and I baked this evening. To be honest I just made the massive mess on it while she did all the hard work! I also went to the market and bought a whole bunch of stuff to experiment on feed my loved ones over the next three days.

Tomorrow night I intend to spend some time with my sister over a long dinner at the Westin. Thanks to our manic work and school schedules, we haven't been able to hang out in a while now. Mom is planning to make a mean crab curry for lunch on Saturday and Sunday night is going to be a fancy dinner with loads of Hors d'œuvres - fried calamari, deviled eggs, cocktail sausages, cheese & corn nuggets, kebabs, hummus and pita with sun-dried tomatoes.

I also managed to find a few fresh herbs while at the market and quickly bought all the basil, oregano, tarragon and rosemary I could lay my hands on. Any suggestions on quick and easy recipes using these, especially the tarragon?

So this weekend does indeed look like it will turn out to be a culinary delight. I'm particularly kicked about trying out some new recipes and hope they turn out as well as the cake did (it tasted better than it looked). Do you have any 'culinary' plans for the weekend? ;)