January 18, 2010

hot and spicy goals

I went to Flushing today and had the best Sichuanese I've ever had.  I can't believe it has taken me no less than three and a half years to make the trek.  Madness!

Moving along.  I sent a list of goals to myself from my computer at work the other day.  Rather than keep them to myself, I'm going to publish them here.  It'll be fun to look back to see which I achieved and when.  Some are pretty lofty, some are attainable tonight, and some are in between.  The plan is to come back to this every so often, add to it, and (hopefully) cross off what I've done.  Here goes.

Write a cookbook

Volunteer for the UN

Host a fondue dinner party for 8

Cook a Russian Peruvian meal for Dima
(It was Russian, but I made golubtsy and cabbage soup on Saturday - one down!)

Learn to make and master perogies from scratch

Spend one week with my grandmother and bake her a chocolate cake and a lemon meringue pie, or whatever she fancies these days.

Listen to live Spanish guitar and take a flamenco class in Spain

Learn to knit and finish John's afghan that our grandmother started

Recreate a Scropino, like the kind they make here

Travel to Fes for a Moroccan cooking vacation

Visit a cheese farm

Go apple picking in upstate NY and make apple pie, strudel, butter, cider, dumplings, etc

Sky dive

Scuba dive the Blue Hole

Add to my photo collection of food

Take a public speaking class (eek)