*crispy waffle*

We get quite a few visitors, but I have to admit, some of our favorites are those bearing surprise gifts of food. Julianna and Michael from NYC left earlier this week. We were sad to see them go, but while they were here, they made our week with surprise gifts of the following:

A few dozen bagels from Gourmet Garage (plus some onion bialys-- yum!) This was much appreciated, especially since they were willing to suffer a 7 hour plane ride smelling like onions.
Actual New York onion bagel + cream cheese + coffee = paradise
A dozen samosas from an Indian deli in Jackson Heights (yes, friends, the real deal!)
A giant bag of shrimp crackers from the Korean store
Litchi and grape gummy candies for the kids
Two cans of ancho chile powder from Dean & Deluca (my fave for making chili)
A copy of Julie & Julia (Julianna did the book cover, which is fantastic)-- I burned through this book in about three days... it's really good!

Thanks guys, for all the American treats! You are welcome anytime. :)

posted by sheryl | 12:18 PM |

Yay I made it on the blog! I was lucky to get to taste Sheryl's extraordinary culinary talents. Totally worth smelling like onions any day.
By

Julianna 9/19/06 5:15 PM

Those are some good friends! Mmm... tasty gifts. I so miss bagels! For some reason not a whole lot of bagel places in Norway. There's like one bagel shop in Oslo, a bagel with plain cream cheese is $5- and it's simply ok.
By

Anonymous 12/18/06 8:35 AM