Saturday, October 31, 2026 It was Halloween night, and Jim had the kitchen pass while his wife, Laura, was out of town for the weekend. After an evening of drinking at Jim’s last night, we decided to cook at Chez Had and make some whisky sours. I wanted to perfect my steak au poivre sauce…
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Hadland Birthday 2025 🎂
My sangria, aka Death Punch. The Steaks. The Day After As always, thanks for CookCookEatEating with The Had. 🩵
Le Pourquoi Pas 🇫🇷🦞
While in Saint-Malo, Carter discovered a Michelin-starred gem called Pourquoi Pas — literally, “Why Not?” Nestled in Dinard, a charming seaside resort town just across the estuary, the restaurant sits within Castelbrac, a cliffside hotel that seems to hover gracefully above the water. The setting alone promised something special. As we settled into our table…
Millenaire 🇫🇷🦪
After some thoughtful and insightful contemplation of the majesty of the history and architecture before us, it was time to do the only reasonable thing before us – dine! Dinner for the evening was at Millenaire, a seafood-focused restaurant that was highly recommended. The food was decent and the whole experience a bit weird. Our…
Noma 🇩🇰✿✿✿
While in Copenhagen in August of 2024, at the start of our two-week European Road Tour, Carter was searching for the coveted Noma reservation. Fortune smiled upon us as he found a lunch reservation during our trip. He asked if he should book it, as it was a vegetarian menu and I immediately said yes….
National Lampoons European Vacation 2024 🇩🇰🇩🇪🇱🇺🇫🇷🧜🏻♀️🏎️💨🏰🍾🏔️
European Vacation 2024 Roll Call – All present and accounted for! Carter and I were brainstorming ideas for my 57th birthday. We love to travel, and had been on a trip with Jim and Mitch Morgan to Dublin for the boys’ birthdays. I like the band Air, and they were playing in Copenhagen and later…
Giant’s Causeway 🇬🇧🍀
The Giant’s Causeway was the third main leg of our Ireland 2023 Road Tour. I have read about this place many times, and it has been featured in the video game Assassin’s Creed Valhalla. I really wanted to visit this place. I am an Eagle Scout, a nature lover, and a rock nerd. I love…
Restaurant Patrick Guilbaud 🇮🇪✿✿
During our Ireland 2023 trip, the Hadlands and Morgans planned it around Carter’s and Mitch’s birthdays. For Carter’s birthday dinner, he chose Restaurant Patrick Guilbaud, a two-Michelin-starred restaurant in Dublin’s city center, located beside the 5-star Merrion Hotel. The cuisine is contemporary Irish with French classical roots, and it is acclaimed both nationally and internationally….
Ireland 2024 🇮🇪🍀
Dublin Dublin was our first thematic international trip for the Hadlands and Morgans to celebrate Carter’s and Mitch’s birthdays. Carter’s birthday is March 15th, and Mitch’s is the 19th – so Dublin for Saint Patrick’s day was a perfect day and place to celebrate. The crew for this trip would be me, Carter, Rhone, Jim,…
Rock of Cashel, Cork, and The Blarney Stone 🇮🇪☘️
The Rock of Cashel Set on a dramatic outcrop of limestone in the Golden Vale, The Rock of Cashel, iconic in its historic significance, possesses the most impressive cluster of medieval buildings in Ireland. Among the monuments to be found there is a round tower, a high cross, a Romanesque chapel, a Gothic cathedral, an…