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You guys. I made the best dinner last night: poached eggs in tomato sauce. I love poached eggs and had never thought about poaching them in tomato sauce. Not just tomato sauce, but tomato sauce spiced with, among other things, cayenne pepper. Delicious. There is a cafe downtown that, a few incarnations ago, used to have a spicy tomato bisque that would pop up on the menu every once in a while. I miss that soup. That's what the sauce reminded me of. Anyway, Dave and I sat down to dinner last night and with the first bite I was giggling away because it was just that good. Dave was amused until he also took a bite, and then he completely understood. I told my mom about it later and when I described the recipe she said "That sounds terrible". Ha!

Earlier in the day I was watching a rerun of Rachel Ray's $40 a Day or whatever that show was called. She was in Savannah having high tea, wrestling with the nerve-wracking decision of which pastries to sample. Her descriptive hemming and hawing combined with the extreme closeups of the shortbreads gave me quite the sweets craving, but we had run out of butter a few days earlier, so that severely limited what proactive steps I could take in the kitchen. Then I came across another Smitten Kitchen recipe for Pumpkin Muffins. No butter required, plus it allowed me to use the pumpkin that we had left over from Sunday's pumpkin pancake extravaganza. They were easy to make and incredibly delicious. Plus they'll leave your house smelling like heaven. At least what I imagine heaven smells like.