Update

Okay okay. Tammer called me out so I have to do a quick one.
I was pretty good about updating until you know, life got busy! And honestly, life got stable, and I find that usually stunts my writing quite a bit. I suppose if you don't hear from me here, you can assume that life must be going pretty well.

Life is going well, and also I'm enjoying a little bit of a change of pace. Work actually got a lot busier these past few weeks, RIGHT as I came back from my Penang trip, which I still have to properly tell you all about with them photos. I like to comment my photos so you wont' just be looking at random pictures of crap and not know WHY I took them... so bear with me a bit.

Work has been lovely... busy, but lovely. I have been working through lunch (well, eating a sanmich at my desk) and staying beyond dinner time for these few weeks, but you know what, I'm actually rather enjoying it. Sometimes on Sundays, I actually get a little giddy about having to go to work on Monday, to keep doing what I left off on Friday (I don't ever work weekends, that's a solid philosophy that I intend to keep), and I haven't felt that way in years, and last time it was kind of during one of those new-job-honeymoon periods. Now, I'm 10 months into this job, and I'm loving it still, that's not honeymoon talk anymore. This past month was a little special because, well, as some of you might know, we're in a bit of a transition period, and we are prepping for a new chapter of the project, and that just happens to mean that the area I'm working on is getting a lot of focus. That also means I'm under a lot of pressure, but this round, it also means I get a lot of creative freedom, and that it's all paying off due to the pressure+focus. I also am really enjoying the hyper collaboration with my teammates that I don't usually get in this high concentration. Basically, I can't wait to show what we have off, because I know it will be very very well received, and I can actually go "this, this, this and this and this and this is my work!". Well, my work plus all the help and love from my coworkers of course, but still very much my work. :)

I'm also very glad it's now September. June to August was a little bit TOO hectic for even this multitasker. September is mostly empty in terms of commitments and social obligations, so now I can go back to enjoying some chill time, and cooking time. This past weekend we grilled a rack of lamb and some new york strip from our share of the grass-fed-cow. The rack is very easy to make, you should all try it, it's basically brain dead easy:

Grilled+Roasted Rack of Lamb

1 rack of lamb about 8-9 ribs (Trader Joe package yay)
2 cloves of garlic
2 tbsp of fresh chopped rosemary (totally approx)
2 tbsp of fresh chopped thyme (totally approx)
a little bit of fresh oregano (totally approx)
kosher salt (or other kind of large grain salts like sea salt)
fresh grated black pepper
optional white pepper powder

1) It is easier to cut the rack into two smaller pieces with 4 ribs each
2) Wash and pat dry the ribs. A few hours before you intend to grill the lamb, mix the garlic, herbs, salt and pepper together and just rub very much into the lamb.
3) Wrap and keep in fridge and take out about 30min before you're ready to grill and let the meat warm up to room temp. When you take the meat out, start the grill (if you're using coals like me, which takes a while to burn down from red hot). Also preheat oven to about 350F
5) On rather high direct heat, sear the rack on all sides, probably a few minutes each
6) When the rack is nicely seared, take it off the fire, and shove into oven for about 15-20min, and it's best to use a meat thermometer to desired done-ness. 140F is medium rare. 20min will give you more a medium-well done.
7) Instead of the oven, you can also use the grill, but move the meat to a part where it can receive indirect heat.
8) When it is done, you should wrap the meat in foil and let it rest for about 8-10min. This is important so it can keep cooking and even out the doneness.
9) Enjoy the meatsicles!!

We were too eager to eat the meat, so we forgot to take some photos. Sorry! Next time.

OH. And we made little almond-cream apple/peach fruit tarts. They were RIDICULOUSly tasty. Someone-awesome-not-me is so freak'n good at baking I am so impressed I haven't gained 10lbs from the butter-in-various-forms-o-deliciousness. And again, too eager to eat, forgot the photos. Sorry, there will be more food porn next time.