The Lederman Kitchen

Brian said it best in his Facebook post " En route to London for work for a few days. Picked up a stowaway to keep me company."  I hope to be the stowaway on many more of his trips across the Irish Sea. After landing in London, first thing first, we grabbed a much needed bowl of Pho.  What you can't have, is always what you want most.  After the shock of finding out there is  no Pho in Dublin , it was high on our list of "must do's" on this trip.  Yum!  Only missing the Plum Sauce... We had a few hours left in the day to check on some sights before Brian had to do what he came for, work. Buckingham Palace Guarding the Palace Big Ben  Tube Station London is a big city for sure.  There were some familiar retail sights that you can't find in Dublin: Banana Republic, Anthropologie, Whole Foods, and Chipotle, to name a few.  It's very diverse, you see people living, working and visiting from everywhere in the world. C...

This weekend, we ran a few all day errands to get ready for our move next Saturday.  The errands weren't that exciting, but the double decker city bus out to Ikea was like an amusement ride.  Especially in our top deck, front row seats winding through the skinny and curvy City Center streets. Below are a few shots from the bus and around town that I've taken Dublin, enjoy! Bus stop at Ikea This is what all the city buses look like    St Stephen's Green - It's in City Center St Stephen's Green Grafton Street - main pedestrian street Temple Bar Area All the Pubs are in such cool buildings More Pubs Downtown Dublin - from the Ikea bus About to cross the River Liffey on the Ikea bus River Liffey from the Ikea bus   Spotted a Guinness Time sign on the bus Back in St Stephen's Green Enjoying the sun - 55° has never felt so nice

I pulled this one out of the archives of posts we never posted.  That said, this was made back in San Francisco.  A delicious treat for any occasion, or just to satisfy your sweet tooth after dinner. Ingredients   3/4 cup slivered almonds 1 cup butter or margarine 1 cup sugar 3 tablespoons boiling water 2 tablespoons light corn syrup 1 cup semisweet chocolate chips First, sprinkle the almonds on a baking sheet and bake at 300 for 15 minutes or until they get brown.   When finished, leave 1/2 cup on pan and set aside the other 1/4 to use for the topping.  If you prefer, you can chop these into smaller pieces. While the almonds are baking, in a saucepan, over low heat, cook butter and sugar for 5 minutes.   Then add water and corn syrup and bring to a boil, keeping the heat at medium Cook, stirring occasionally, until a candy thermometer reads 300°F, which is hard crack stage.  This is the part that t...