The past few days many denizens of Raleigh were without power due to the ice storm. Wayne and I were not, so we took in some poor cold friends for a while so they wouldn’t freeze to death. What followed was a series of cooking frenzies.

First we made Super Quesadillas, accompanied by Five cup salad which was very pleasing to us all. Some people wouldn’t even try the five cup salad simply because it has sour cream. I wanted to kick many people in the pants. Then our guest cook Naveen whipped us up some Chili", and Wayne introduced to his disturbingly-hot Clam Chowder. All in all, our kitchen was left a nuclear wasteland where many wars appear to have been fought. But our struggle has earned you many new recipes that simply must be tried.