Monthly Archives: January 2006

Albany High’s Winter ball

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Ready for Albany High's Winter Ball in 2006

Ready for Albany High’s Winter Ball in 2006

Albany High School (Cali, not NY) had its annual Winter Ball this evening.  Check Matthew and Jon out right before the affair!  Once they left we snacked out on a bunch of goodies from Trader Joe’s, including chicken liver pate and spinach dip.  I also threw together a dip with equal parts mayonnaise, shredded parmesan, sour cream, cream cheese and crab meat.  This mass goes into a buttered casserole and is baked until browned and bubbly, at which point you are moments away from saturated fat nirvana.  We watched several episodes of the 1960’s TV show Naked City while we ate, which has great location shots of New York City.

Birthday for Oma

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Oma and her birthday cake in 2006

It’s my Mom’s 68th birthday celebration today, so es gibt decadence cake with a boatload of candles.  The actual birthday was the 18th, but we always do it up on the weekend so we can relax and take our time.  Decadence cake has only a few ingredients, like chocolate, heavy cream and butter, so it’s dense.  It’s more or less like eating a solid slab of ganache.  Both Andronico’s and Whole Foods carry an excellent chocolate decadence cake that will feed a good ten people for about $25.  They also have a smaller one but we don’t bother with that since we want another slice later in the day.  If and when they open a Carvel in these parts we’ll go back to having ice cream cakes for birthdays.