Kelly and I celebrated his 30th birthday on February 12th. I made Guinness chocolate cupcakes with cream cheese icing from scratch - awesome recipe - I will be making it again next year. Then we went to eat at a new place in Glendale called Palate. It is a full restaurant and wine bar with small plates - this means you get to taste a little bit of a lot of different things. Two of Kelly's friends, Brandon and Kyle, work in the wine bar and gace us lots of great suggestions on what to order. We got the porkfolio (an all pork charcuterie plate); potted berkshire pork; octopus a la plancha, cannellini beans, spicu salsiccia, and tomato fonduta; scallops, cauliflower, grapefruit, and mission olives; pork belly, sweet potato hash, savoy cabbage, and pancetta; and the gnocchi with pork cheeks, braising greens, and sugar snap peas. Wow! That's a lot of pork! Not the healthiest meal maybe but definitely unique and tasty.
