Finally

I know you've all been dying for a new post, but it has been a slow weekend. The Lovely S made excellent chocolate chip cookies and a new recipe, pineapple upside down cake. Here you go. It tastes as good as it looks. She used moscovado sugar for the gooey topping.

A cousin of S's was in town apartment hunting and we took him out to dinner at a restaurant we hadn't tried before, Artie's. It is part of a small local chain and is very good. We were surprised. Basic American food, but done extremely well. If you're in Fairfax, try it. I would compare it to Clyde's, but the quality seems more consistent-- and I say that as a fan of Clyde's. S was fresh from a shopping trip in Tyson's Corner that ended with an ice cream stop, so she wasn't very hungry. She had the chopped salad and a baked potato. The salad was rather finely chopped so she didn't have to struggle with the lettuce pieces. It included corn, tomato, arugula, and romaine and was dressed in a creamy buttermilk sauce. They were very accomodating about keeping the cheese off for her. Not a big cheese fan. I had the pecan crusted trout with browned butter and chardonnay sauce and parmesan potatoes. All excellent. Big portions, but none left over for the cats :( Oh, and it came with spinach, but I didn't get sick!