David Machiavello

…can’t you see I’m trying to take a nap?

First day of spring can only mean that it’s time for me to balance yet another egg.

(disclaimer: it’s a myth that you can only do this during an equinox, but it’s something I remember doing with my mom and sister during my childhood)

Last night my wife went out with her friends to the movies, so I decided to cook something that my wife isn’t too keen on eating: chicken wings! (she doesn’t enjoy eating chicken off the bone).

I’ve never made chicken wings from scratch before and I wasn’t in the mood for traditional hot wings (although I did want something with a spicy kick), so I turned to Chef John’s blog, Foodwishes.com for the solution: Ginger Garlic Chicken Wings! This asian style wings are just what I wanted to try out. I was fortunate for his video since he also shows how to butcher up the wing to make the drum and flats (I didn’t realize the wings I bought were whole).

The wings turned out way better than I could have imagined, the glaze was perfect for me, spicy, sweet, and had great tang.

I was only able to snap one picture of my wings because I wasn’t going to sit around and take pictures….i wanted to eat them!

If you’re interested in creating those wings yourself, here’s the page with video and ingredients I tried. (by the way, I didn’t have Sambal chili sauce, so I used Alabama hot sauce)

http://foodwishes.blogspot.com/2008/05/clifton-springs-chicken-wings-oven.html

Jennifer and I spent a nice romantic evening at the Melting Pot to celebrate our 10^th year (yes, I know but we decided to celebrate it a couple of weeks later).

We had White Roses and Anniversary balloons at our table to mark the occasion. The meal was really great, as well as the service.

This year Valentine's was celebrated a little bit differently, since Jennifer had to work today. Our real day to celebrate will be this Saturday where I’ll take her out for a nice dinner.

Tonight though, I cooked a fantastic dinner at home for Jennifer. I made her a Chicken Parmesan with homemade garlic bread using a homemade Garlic Aioli sauce.

I also bought her flowers, which she thoroughly enjoyed J This is our first Valentine’s as husband and wife and even though she had to work, we still got to spend some quality time together.

The pictures above, if it wasn’t obvious, are the flowers I bought Jennifer.