Movie, brownie, pizza.

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Folks, why is it so hard to find a well-made brownie that is not gluey, dry or full of too many additions? The only commercial contender in which I'm willing to indulge (very rarely because it's huge) is Pain Quotidien's. Otherwise I feel I just must make my own, and for that I tend to make a brown butter-based one that I discovered in Bon Appetit last year. It's curious this rarity of good brownie. I bring this up because T and I just went to see Crazy, Stupid, Love. which was well cast and pretty good. Also I love the Avalon- what a great neighborhood theater. Anyway, they had one brownie left so ever-hopeful me convinced T to split it; it was fair at best but at least now I'm not making a full pan.

What was the opposite of fair-at-best is Ryan Gosling's body in this film. Mary, mother of god, he is HOT. And lest you think I didn't immediately share that opinion with Tom, I did and he had to, objectively, concur.

Tonight is pizza night- yum!

Em-i-lis Inspired

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Well, I gotta say, all this was yummy. T grilled the steaks while I concocted the potato-tomato-avocado side dish idea I'd been toying with as well as a peach-apricot-hazelnut tart. I wanted both to be full of flavor yet summery (think: light) and I think they both succeeded.  

I'll post both recipes soon; both were simple but did require multiple steps and cooling time. With dinner, we enjoyed a 2010 Muga Rosé; their Reserve Rioja is terrific, and my mom recently mentioned the Rosado. It's lovely and a steal at $10.99 (at MacArthur).