Brian's Birthday, Fish and Chips, and Peanut Butter Torte

Brian's birthday was a couple of weeks ago. We both took the day off and we went to the zoo. Afterwards, we went to Central Market to find something to make for dinner. After annoying the fishmonger with our indecisiveness (He wanted to do something easy, I wanted something special), the fishmonger pointed out some North Atlantic Cod. It was beautiful and on sale. I said, "That would be great for fish and chips." But we did not have a deep fryer. We do now!!!

We came home and made amazing fish and chips (beer battered with Liberty Ale). We used Alton Brown's recipe.
Afterwards we had a Peanut Butter Torte I made. It was from Baking from My Home to Yours by Dorie Greenspan, which I finally purchased a copy for the library after reading about Tuesdays with Dorie for so long on the Food Librarian's site and others.

It was so incredibly rich, like a fluffy peanut butter cheesecake with chocolate ganache. After the fried food and this, we were both nearly ill. Brian seemed to be happy with everything and said, "I don't regret one bite."