Back in the States!  Yay!  (Maybe?)

I arrived home at about 9 pm on Thursday evening, all sorts of sniffily both from my cold and from being sad about departing London.  Fortunately, the Blackberry and PS3 that awaited me provided the necessary moral support.

Anyone who watches Ina Garten knows Friday night is roast chicken night, and dang nabbit, I’ll be no exception!  I happen to love roasting chickens, and I was severely in the mood for some comfort food.  All I needed was some Scotch to complete the meal (well, technically I had a Bloody Mary, a martini, and then wine…).

However, for someone fresh off the plane, complete with cold (which as I type has morphed into a chesty cough), perhaps the menu I decided upon was a bit too ambitious.  The PS3 in the living room was also taunting me.  I made:  herb bread, cream of wild mushroom soup, a roast chicken, and praline mousse.