A full moon, a new look

Okay, I'm back to the white background on my blog. The black was hurting my eyes. I don't want to change it around too much...but hey, I'm working out the kinks. My plan is for the photo at the top to change monthly but have the look (and name!) of this blog stay the same. So here's a NYC bagel for ya to look at all December long. I took this at Effie's, a lovely little coffee shop on the upper East Side, on 3rd Ave, between 91st and 92nd. I've been there many times with my friend Jenny. So many good breakfast and lunch items to choose from! My favorite is egg scrambled with cheddar and roasted red pepper, on a sesame seed bagel toasted. It really doesn't get any better than that. Add a coffee and I'm in "morning heaven".

Here's a meal I made a few weeks ago. Scallops, with rice, sauteed spinach, and those little canned mandarin oranges...those are so tasty! I shake my head at scallops. I love them and I keep trying to cook them and I have yet to perfect them. I do all the things they say..."make sure they are completely dry before searing them"...."don't flip them too soon"...yadda yadda. But my scallops fall short. Maybe it's the type of scallop, or quality of scallop I'm buying? I always use sea scallops of course for searing, rather than bay scallops (the tiny ones), but perhaps I need to go to Dirk's Fish Market and get the best, or Whole Paycheck or somewhere? I think I need some scallop therapy. All in all, I rate this meal a 5 (out of 10).