Happy Birthday Valerie!

One thing I am VERY careful about when it comes to authoring this blog is preventing it from becoming a �blog.� When I go to read another blog about wine pairing or Thai food, that�s what I want to read about, I don�t want to read about the blog author�s ear infection, or that their cousin just got back from Nova Scotia and wants to share some photos. So, I�ve kept this blog 99.5% about food, with the one exception of wishing my Mom and now my sister Val, a happy birthday. She is a police officer in western New York State, and I should add, a great cook in her own right! I love her famous Chicken Kiev, which is why it�s pictured at the beginning of the post. So, you thought you were going to see a Chicken Kiev video�psyche! Although, the next time I�m in NY, I will be sure to film her making this delicious, garlic butter-soaked recipe.

Since I ripped Paul McCartney�s cooking skills yesterday I thought I would show him doing something he�s good at. Here�s a video of Paul singing Happy Birthday to my sister.



Chicken Kiev photo credit