Two things of note today.  First, we went to Detroit for the afternoon, where we did some shopping at the Detroit Urban Craft Fair and had lunch at Slows, where Shane ate this sandwich:

Second, Ms. Little Big posted earlier in the week about a cooking challenge she was taking on – tackling (and blogging) 25 dishes you haven’t made but have always wanted to try. I’m into signing up for things that will challenge me to do things I should be doing anyway – see my 12 Books challenge – and with Shane on board, here is our list in no particular order:

1. Homemade pasta
2. Gnocchi – which I’ve made before, but from potato flakes ::shudder::
3. Tuna noodle casserole – updated to not involve canned soup
4. Goulash – fancied up from our childhood memories of ground beef and macaroni noodles
5. Ragù – in both the bolognese and napoletana forms
6. Crab rangoon
7. Spring rolls or egg rolls
8. Pho or hot pot
9. Pot roast
10. Cured meat – prosciutto, pancetta, etc
11. Carnitas
12. Shellfish, possibly with pasta, definitely still in the shell
13. The long-lost Bonnaroo sesame gingerdilla
14. Confit
15. Something lactofermented
16. Something pressure canned
17. Cream ale
18. Nachos
19. Aioli
20. A successful loaf of No-Knead Bread
21. Curry crackers
22. Sweet potato biscuits
23. A totally from scratch pie
24. Caramel
25. Escoffier’s mother sauces: velouté, espagnole, béchamel, and hollandaise