Bone-in ribeyes on the grill, a big bowl of heirloom tomatoes and basil, and a table full of friends. Celebrating a great summer night with friends Paul, Ian, Miranda, Trevor, and Isa. Friends The Salad [One line on how you dress the tomatoes. Quantities you tweaked.] The Steaks Resting on a hot grill – the…
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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. 🩵
Beef Wellington 🥩
We all know that my mother, aka MamaT, loves Beef Wellington. Apparently, so does my friend and neighbor, Paul Ellington. One night in April, I was persuaded to prepare another Wellington. I should call it Paul Wellington, or Beef Ellington, or Beef Paul 😂. ️ Now, Paul is a fine cook in his own right….
Copenhagen 2025 🇩🇰🧜🏻♀️
Our trip to Copenhagen in March was planned around Carter’s and Mitch’s birthdays, March 15th and 19th, respectively. It’s become a tradition for the Hadlands and Morgans to take a trip to celebrate both birthdays. This trip was centered around dining. I secured reservations at Geranium and Alchemist, both three-starred restaurants, which would complete our…
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…
Copenhagen April 2024 🇩🇰🚲
Carter and I planned a trip to Copenhagen to see one of our favorite artists, Nils Frahm. He played two shows at the famous Vega Theater, renowned for its acoustics and design. We met up with our friend Paul Ellington and Sebastian, and my long-time friend of over 40 years, Xavier, was coming from Paris…
Milan 2023 🇮🇹🏙️
Tuesday, January 24, 2023 Italy · Milan · Via Ceresio Arriving in Milano Glenn and I took the fast train from Firenze to Milano to continue our journey of touring Italy and following Paul and The Duke Ellington Orchestra. Italy · Milan · Duomo We arrived and headed into town, which I know fairly well…
Steak au Poivre 5.0 🥩
For this installment of Steak au Poivre, Nick Haddow was in the house. If you read my posts, you know that Nick is my best cooking buddy. He is one of my few friends who actually cooks for me, often in my house; notable exceptions include Joe Vilard, who hosts me more than I host…